Proverbs 12:4
A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
3A man can not endure in vngodlinesse: but the roote of the ryghteous shall not be moued.
5The thoughtes of the ryghteous are ryght: but the imaginations of the vngodly are deceptfull.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute.
Proverbs 14:30A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
Proverbs 19:13An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
Proverbs 30:23A spiteful woman when she is maried, and an handmayde that is heire to her maistresse.
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters [there be that] gather riches together: but thou goest aboue 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 →