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


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.

Proverbs 12:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.