Proverbs 12:4

Proverbs chapter 12 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Context

v.3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

v.4This passage

v.5The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 19:13

    A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Proverbs 27:15

    A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

  • Proverbs 31:10

    A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

  • 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:11

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