Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.
Proverbs 12:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. More versionsKing 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 good sense.
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but jealousy makes the bones rot.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.
a contemptible woman when she gets a husband and a maid when she supplants her mistress.
I hear, and I tremble within; my lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones, and my steps tremble beneath me. I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon the people who attack us.
Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man or man independent of woman.
For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection of God, but woman is the reflection of man.
And now, my daughter, do not be afraid, I will do for you all that you ask, for all the assembly of my people know that you are a worthy woman.