Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The most direct proverb, in the sense of "similitude," which has as yet met us.
Jewel of gold - Better, ring; i. e., the nose-ring Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21.
Without discretion - literally, "without taste," void of the subtle tact and grace, without which mere outward beauty is as ill-bestowed as the nose-ring in the snout of the unclean beast. If we may assume that in ancient Syria, as in modern Europe, swine commonly wore such a ring to hinder them doing mischief, the similitude receives a fresh vividness.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Proverbs 11:22:
Job 42:11
Matthew 7:6
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