Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
3A man shall not prosper by wickedness; but the roots of the righteous shall not be taken up.
5The thoughts of the righteous are true judgements; but ungodly men devise deceits.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.
Proverbs 14:30A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
Proverbs 30:23or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly; but you have exceeded, you have surpassed 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 →