Proverbs 12:4

God's Word

A wife with strength of character is the crown of her husband, but the wife who disgraces him is like bone cancer.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:22

⌞Like⌟ a gold ring in a pig’s snout, ⌞so⌟ is a beautiful woman who lacks good taste.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of righteous people are fair. The advice of wicked people is treacherous.

Proverbs 14:1

The wisest of women builds up her home, but a stupid one tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart makes for a healthy body, but jealousy is ⌞like⌟ bone cancer.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoever finds a wife finds something good and has obtained favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman.

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman.

Proverbs 30:23

a woman who is unloved when she gets married, a maid when she replaces her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

‘Many women have done noble work, but you have surpassed them all!’

Habakkuk 3:16

I have heard, so there’s trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack us.

1 Corinthians 11:11

Yet, as believers in the Lord, women couldn’t exist without men and men couldn’t exist without women.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man should not cover his head. He is God’s image and glory. The woman, however, is man’s glory.

Ruth 3:11

Don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do whatever you say. The whole town knows that you are a woman who has strength of character.