Proverbs 12:4

New American Bible - revised edition

A woman of worth is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful one is like rot in his bones.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:22

Like a golden ring in a swine’s snout is a beautiful woman without judgment.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the just are right; the designs of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom builds her house, but Folly tears hers down with her own hands.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the bones.

Proverbs 18:22

To find a wife is to find happiness, a favor granted by the Lord.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome wife and trouble.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than in a mansion with a quarrelsome woman.

Proverbs 30:23

Under an unloved woman who is wed, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

“Many are the women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all.”

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and my body trembles; at the sound, my lips quiver. Decay invades my bones, my legs tremble beneath me. I await the day of distress that will come upon the people who attack us.

1 Corinthians 11:11

Woman is not independent of man or man of woman in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man, on the other hand, should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.

Ruth 3:11

Now rest assured, my daughter, I will do for you whatever you say; all my townspeople know you to be a worthy woman.