Proverbs 12:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:22

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

Proverbs 14:1

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

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but jealousy makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 18:22

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

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.

Proverbs 21:9

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

Proverbs 30:23

a contemptible woman when she gets a husband and a maid when she supplants her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and I tremble within; my lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones, and my steps tremble beneath me. I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon the people who attack us.

1 Corinthians 11:11

Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man or man independent of woman.

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection of God, but woman is the reflection of man.

Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, do not be afraid, I will do for you all that you ask, for all the assembly of my people know that you are a worthy woman.