Add parallel Print Page Options

20 Devious people are disgusting to Yahweh,
    but he is delighted with those whose ways are innocent.
21 Certainly, an evil person will not go unpunished,
    but the descendants of righteous people will escape.
22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout,
    so is a beautiful woman who lacks good taste.

Read full chapter

20 A shrewd heart is abominable to the Lord; and his will is in them, that go simply. (A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord; but his delight is in those who do things honestly, or with integrity.)

21 Though hand be in hand, an evil man shall not be innocent; but the seed of just men shall be saved. (Be assured, that the evil shall be punished; but the children, or the descendants, of the righteous shall be saved.)

22 A golden ring in the nostrils of a sow, (is like) a woman fair and fool. (A gold ring in the nostrils of a pig, is like a woman who is comely, but foolish.)

Read full chapter