Proverbs 12:4
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
5The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22A ring of gold in a swine's snout, [is] a fair woman who is without discretion.
Proverbs 14:30A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 30:23for a hateful woman when she is married, and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excel them all.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:4
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. Note, 1. Though men may advance themselves by sinful arts, they cannot by such arts settle and secure themselves; though they may get large estates they cannot get such as will abide: A man shall not be established by wickedness; it may set him in high places, but they are slippery places, Ps. lxxiii. 18 . That prosperity which is raised by sin is built on the sand, and so it will soon appear. 2. Though good men may… Read the whole commentary →