Proverbs 12:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Common English Bible

⁴ A strong woman is a crown to her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like rot in his bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:4 Cross References

Proverbs 11:22

Like a ring of gold in a pig’s snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks good sense.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right-ruling, The counsels of the wrong are deceit.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman has built her house, But the foolish breaks it down with her hands.

Proverbs 14:30

A healthy heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 18:22

He who has found a wife has found good, And receives favour from יהוה.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and vexed woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 30:23

Under a hated woman who marries, And a female servant who supplants her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

“Many daughters have done nobly, But you have risen over them all.”

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the sound, Rottenness came into my bones. And I trembled within myself, That I might rest for the day of distress, To come upon the people who would attack us.

1 Corinthians 11:11

However, man is not independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Master.

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed should not cover his head, since he is the likeness and esteem of Elohim, but woman is the esteem of man.

Ruth 3:11

“And now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say I do for you, for all the people of my town know that you are a capable woman.