Proverbs 12:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.”
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“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 12:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 11:22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 14:30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 27:15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
- Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Proverbs 31:29“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
- Habakkuk 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
- 1 Corinthians 11:7A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
- 1 Corinthians 11:11In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
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