Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
5The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, The counsels of the wicked — deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
Proverbs 14:30A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
Proverbs 19:13A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
Proverbs 30:23For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
Proverbs 31:29'Many [are] the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above 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 →