Proverbs 12:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 14:30

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

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

1 Corinthians 11:11

(Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

Proverbs 21:19

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

Proverbs 21:9

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

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and my body trembles, my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones, my steps totter beneath me. I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.

Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, do not fear, I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of worth.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.

Proverbs 18:22

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

Proverbs 11:22

Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

Proverbs 30:23

an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

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