Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, || And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
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In Context
3A man is not established by wickedness, || And the root of the righteous is not moved.
5The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, || The counsels of the wicked—deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.
Proverbs 14:30A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, || And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son [is] a calamity to his father, || And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
Proverbs 30:23For a hated one when she rules, || And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29“The daughters who have done worthily [are] many, || You have gone up above 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 →