Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
King James Version
In Context
3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
Proverbs 14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest 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 →