Proverbs 12:4
A diligent woman is a crown to her husband; and rot is in the bones of that woman, that doeth things worthy of confusion. (A diligent woman is a crown to her husband; but rot is in the bones of her, who doeth shameful things.)
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Proverbs 11:22A golden ring in the nostrils of a sow, ( is like) a woman fair and fool. (A gold ring in the nostrils of a pig, is like a woman who is comely, but foolish.)
Proverbs 14:30(The) Health of (the) heart is the life of (the) flesh; envy is (the) rot of (the) bones.
Proverbs 19:13The sorrow of the father is a fond son; and roofs dropping continually is a woman full of chiding. (A father’s sorrow (is) a foolish son; and a woman full of arguments, (or of bickering, is) like a roof continually dripping water.)
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.
Proverbs 30:23by an hateful woman, when she is taken in matrimony; and by an handmaid, when she is heir of her lady, (or and by a servantess, when she is her lady’s heir).
Proverbs 31:29Many daughters gathered riches; thou passedest all. (Many women have gathered in riches; but thou hast surpassed 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 →