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Proverbs 12:4
Proverbs 12:4 is verse 4 of Proverbs chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
King James Version
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
World English Bible
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
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Proverbs 12:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
Proverbs 31:11The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
Proverbs 31:12She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
Proverbs 31:13She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
Proverbs 31:14She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
Proverbs 31:15She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
Proverbs 31:16She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:17She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
Proverbs 31:18She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
Proverbs 31:19She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
Proverbs 31:20She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:21When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
Proverbs 31:22She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
Proverbs 31:24She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
Proverbs 31:25Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.
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.
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 27:16restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
Proverbs 14:30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
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.