Proverbs 12:4

Revised Version 1885

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman buildeth her house: But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

1 Corinthians 11:11

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

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my belly trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place: That I should rest in the day of trouble, When it cometh up against the people which invadeth him in troops.

Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just: But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Proverbs 11:22

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman which is without discretion.

Proverbs 30:23

For an odious woman when she is married; And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

Proverbs 31:29

Many daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all.