Proverbs 12:4
Proverbs chapter 12 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Context
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.