Proverbs 12:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
In context
2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 12:4 in every translation
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.