Proverbs 12:4
A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3Men shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.
5The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.
Proverbs 14:30Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
Proverbs 30:23By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed 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 →