Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully is as rottenness in his bones.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall never be moved.
5The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from 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 an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29'Many daughters have done valiantly, but thou excellest 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 →