Proverbs 12:4

New English Translation

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:22

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 18:22

The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

Proverbs 21:9

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

Proverbs 30:23

under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

“Many daughters have done valiantly, but you surpass them all!”

Habakkuk 3:16

I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.

1 Corinthians 11:11

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

Ruth 3:11

Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman.