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Proverbs 12:4

A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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Proverbs 12:4 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

WEB 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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In context

1 Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

2 A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

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

4 A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6 The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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