Proverbs 12:4
A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed will destroy him like [SIM] cancer destroys his bones.
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Proverbs 11:22It is ◄ unsuitable/not proper/disgusting► for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like [SIM] it is unsuitable/disgusting for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose.
Proverbs 14:30Having a mind that is peaceful results in having a healthy body; having a mind that is often in turmoil is like [MET] cancer in a person’s bones.
Proverbs 19:13Foolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents. A wife who constantly ◄nags/quarrels with► her husband is as annoying as water that continually drips [MET].
Proverbs 21:19It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who is always nagging and complaining.
Proverbs 30:23what a woman who is hated does when she gets married, and what a female servant does when she becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29He says to her, “There are many women who do admirable things, but you surpass 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 →