Proverbs 12:4
An aishes chayil (a woman of valor, an excellent wife) is an ateret to her ba'al, 1 but she that bringeth shame is like rottenness in his atzmot. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22As a ring of zahav in the snout of a chazir, 1 so is an isha yafah which is without ta'am (judgment, discretion). 1
Proverbs 14:30A lev marpeh (sound mind) is life to the basar, 1 but kinah (envy) is the rottenness of the atzmot (bones). 1
Proverbs 19:13A ben kesil is the calamity of aviv (his father), 1 and the contentions of an isha are a constant dripping. + 19:13 i.e., an irritant 1
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, 1 than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha. 1
Proverbs 30:23For an unloved woman when she is married; 1 and a shifchah that displaces her gevirah (lady, mistress). 1
Proverbs 31:29Rabbot banot have done virtuously, 1 but thou excellest them all. 1
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 →