Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
Proverbs 12:4 - English Standard Version 2016 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A virtuous and worthy wife [earnest and strong in character] is a crowning joy to her husband, but she who makes him ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. [Prov. 31:23; I Cor. 11:7.] American Standard Version (1901) A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Common English Bible A strong woman is a crown to her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like rot in his bones. Catholic Public Domain Version A diligent woman is a crown to her husband. And she who acts with confusion as to which things are worthy is decay to his bones. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones. |
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;
For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.
And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman.