Proverbs 12:4
A good wife is a crown for her husband, but one who brings shame is like rot in his bones.
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3Wickedness doesn't provide security, but those who live right are deeply rooted and cannot be moved.
5Good people make plans that are fair, but the advice of the wicked is deceptive.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22A beautiful woman who lacks good judgment is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
Proverbs 14:30A peaceful mind makes your body healthy, but jealousy makes your bones rot.
Proverbs 19:13A stupid son makes his father miserable, and an argumentative wife is like dripping that never stops.
Proverbs 21:19It's better to live in a desert than with an argumentative and bad-tempered wife.
Proverbs 30:23an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place.
Proverbs 31:29“Many women do great things, but you are better than all of them!”
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 →