Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
Proverbs 12:4 - Revised Standard Version A good 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 swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.
Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion 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 contentious and fretful woman.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
I hear, and my body trembles, my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones, my steps totter beneath me. 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 woman of worth.