Proverbs 12:4 · KJV
“A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.”
— Proverbs 12:4
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
The thoughts of the righteous {are} right: {but} the counsels of the wicked {are} deceit.
Proverbs 12 — Context
A good {man} obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
5The thoughts of the righteous {are} right: {but} the counsels of the wicked {are} deceit.
6The words of the wicked {are} to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:10-25
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price {is} far above rubies.
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart {is} the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 19:13-14
A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
1 Corinthians 11:11
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
Proverbs 21:9
{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}
Proverbs 21:19
{It is} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}
Proverbs 27:15-16
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.