Proverbs 12:4

אֵֽשֶׁת ־ חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וּכְרָקָב בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו מְבִישָֽׁה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

In Context

3לֹא ־ יִכּוֹן אָדָם בְּרֶשַׁע וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים בַּל ־ יִמּֽוֹט ׃

5מַחְשְׁבוֹת צַדִּיקִים מִשְׁפָּט תַּחְבֻּלוֹת רְשָׁעִים מִרְמָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:22נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף חֲזִיר אִשָּׁה יָפָה וְסָרַת טָֽעַם ׃

Proverbs 14:30חַיֵּי בְשָׂרִים לֵב מַרְפֵּא וּרְקַב עֲצָמוֹת קִנְאָֽה ׃

Proverbs 19:13הַוֺּת לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל וְדֶלֶף טֹרֵד מִדְיְנֵי אִשָּֽׁה ׃

Proverbs 21:19טוֹב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ מִדְבָּר מֵאֵשֶׁת מדונים וָכָֽעַס ׃

Proverbs 30:23תַּחַת שְׂנוּאָה כִּי תִבָּעֵל וְשִׁפְחָה כִּֽי ־ תִירַשׁ גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ ׃ פ

Proverbs 31:29רַבּוֹת בָּנוֹת עָשׂוּ חָיִל וְאַתְּ עָלִית עַל ־ כֻּלָּֽנָה ׃

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 →

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