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Proverbs 12:4
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A worthy wife is a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that brings shame is as rottenness in his bones.
A good wife is like a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful wife is like a disease in his bones.
A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
A virtuous and excellent wife [worthy of honor] is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him [with her foolishness] is like rottenness in his bones.
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
A helpful wife is a jewel for her husband, but a shameless wife will make his bones rot.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
A capable wife is a crown for her husband, but a shameful one is like rot in his bones.
A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A good wife is like a crown to her husband, but a shameful wife is like a cancer.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully is as rottenness in his bones.
A vertuous woman is a crowne to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed, is as rottennesse in his bones.
A good wife is the pride and joy of her husband, but she who brings shame is like cancer to his bones.
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.
A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband; but a wife who does evil destroys her husband like a boring-worm, and like a termite.
A good wife is her husband's pride and joy; but a wife who brings shame on her husband is like a cancer in his bones.
A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.
A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is as rottenness in his bones.
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown,but a wife who causes shameis like rottenness in his bones.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A woman of strength is the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.
A woman of virtue is a crown to her lord, but one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
A stedfast woman is a crowne vnto hir hu?bonde: but she that behaueth herself vnhonestly, is a corrupcion in his bones.
A hearty wife invigorates her husband, but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
virtuous: Proverbs 14:1, Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 31:10-25, 1 Corinthians 11:7, 1 Corinthians 11:11
she: Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 27:15, Proverbs 27:16
as: Proverbs 14:30, Habakkuk 3:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:24 - cleave Ruth 3:11 - city Proverbs 10:5 - a son Proverbs 18:22 - findeth a wife Proverbs 31:23 - husband Hosea 5:12 - as Philippians 4:8 - virtue 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - crown 2 Peter 1:3 - virtue
Cross-References
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.
And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-7">[xr] By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband,.... One that is loving and chaste, constant and faithful, obsequious and submissive to him; that is diligent in the affairs of her house, takes care of her family, brings up her children, and keeps up a good order and decorum among her servants, is an honour and credit to her husband. Such is the true church of Christ, who is compared to a woman, Revelation 12:1; to a woman of purity and chastity, whose members are virgins, not defiled with the corruptions, errors, and superstition of the apostate church; to a woman of fortitude and courage, as the word m signifies, who resists sin, temptation, error, heresy, and idolatry, even unto blood; and whose true members love not their lives unto death, but freely lay them down in the cause of truth; such an one is an honour to Christ her husband;
but she that maketh ashamed; makes her husband ashamed, by her levity and wantonness, her negligence and slothfulness, so that he is ashamed to be seen with her, or to be known that he stands in such a relation to her; she
[is] as rottenness in his bones; a constant grief to his mind, a pressure upon his spirits, a wasting of his body, and a consumption of his estate; she is, as the Targum has it, "as a worm in wood", which rots and consumes it n; so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions. Thus the apostate church of Rome, that professes to be the spouse of Christ, has made him ashamed of her; as being the Jezebel, that seduces his servants to fornication or idolatry; and whose doctrine and superstition eat, like a canker, the vitals of religion.
m ×שת ××× "mulier virtutis", Montanus, Vatablus; "uxor strenua", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius "mulier fortis", Pagninus, Gejerus. n Such as are called Cossi, Tabani, Teredines, Thrypes; Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 1. c. 33. & l. 16. c. 41.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Virtuous - The word implies the virtue of earnestness, or strength of character, rather than of simple chastity.
A crown - With the Jews the sign, not of kingly power only, but also of joy and gladness. Compare Song of Solomon 3:11.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 12:4. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband — ×שת ××× esheth chayil, a strong woman. Our word virtue (virtus) is derived from vir, a man; and as man is the noblest of God's creatures, virtue expresses what is becoming to man; what is noble, courageous, and dignified: and as vir, a man, comes from vis, power or strength; so it implies what is strong and vigorous in principle: and as in uncivilized life strength and courage were considered the very highest, because apparently the most necessary, of all virtues; hence the term itself might have become the denomination of all excellent moral qualities; and is now applied to whatever constitutes the system of morality and moral duties. In some parts of the world, however, where arts and sciences have made little progress, strength is one of the first qualifications of a wife, where the labours of the field are appointed to them. It is not an uncommon sight in different parts of Africa, to see the wives (queens) of the kings and chiefs going out in the morning to the plantations, with their mattock in their hand, and their youngest child on their back; and when arrived at the ground, lay the young prince or princess upon the earth, which when weary of lying on one side, will roll itself on the other, and thus continue during the course of the day, without uttering a single whimper, except at the intervals in which its mother gives it suck; she being employed all the while in such labour as we in Europe generally assign to our horses. In these cases, the strong wife is the highest acquisition; and is a crown to her husband, though he be king of Bonny or Calabar. It is certain that in ancient times the women in Judea did some of the severest work in the fields, such as drawing water from the wells, and watering the flocks, c. On this account, I think, the words may be taken literally and especially when we add another consideration, that a woman healthy, and of good muscular powers, is the most likely to produce and properly rear up a healthy offspring; and children of this kind are a crown to their parents.
Is as rottenness in his bones. — Does not this refer to a woman irregular in her manners, who by her incontinence not only maketh her husband ashamed, but contracts and communicates such diseases as bring rottenness into the bones? I think so. And I think this was the view taken of the text by Coverdale, who translates thus: "A stedfast woman is a crowne unto her hussbonde: but she that behaveth herself unhonestly is a corruption in his bones."
