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Selected Verse: Proverbs 12:4 - King James

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

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
A virtuous woman--in the wide sense of well-disposed to all moral duties (Pro 31:10).

maketh ashamed--that is, by misconduct.

rottenness--an incurable evil.
 
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10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
4 A virtuous woman 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: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.