Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but as rottenness in his bones is one that bringeth shame [on him].
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3A man cannot be firmly established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
5The thoughts of the righteous are justice: the best counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22As a golden ring in a swine's snout, so is a handsome woman that hath thrown off discretion.
Proverbs 14:30A sound heart is the life of the body; but jealousy is the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 19:13A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious woman.
Proverbs 30:23Under an odious woman when she is married, and a bond-woman when she dispossesseth her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29“Many daughters have done virtuously; 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 →