Proverbs 12:4

Modern English Version

A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wife who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:30

A sound mind is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish woman pulls it down with her hands.

1 Corinthians 11:11

Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in the wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my body trembled; my lips quivered at the sound; rottenness entered my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will wait quietly for the day when calamity comes on the people invading us.

Ruth 3:11

So now, my daughter, do not worry. All that you ask me, I will do for you. All of my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 11:22

Like a ring of gold in the snout of a pig is a woman of beauty, who shows no discretion.

Proverbs 30:23

a hateful woman when she is married, and a servant girl who displaces her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

“Many wives have done virtuously, but you surpass them all.”