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Proverbs 12:4
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Proverbs 12:4
4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
4*A vertuous woman is a crowne to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed, is as rottennesse in his bones.
- 1.Cor. 11.7.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 12:4
Morally good, upright, excellent in character, or acting according to duty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A royal head ornament; by extension, kingship, honour, reward, or the top of the head.
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A married man in relation to his wife; also one who manages or cultivates carefully.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
rottenness
State of being decayed or putrid; cariousness; putrefaction; unsoundness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study10¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
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Open the full verse study30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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Open the full verse study1EVERY wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
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Open the full verse study11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
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Open the full verse study13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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Open the full verse study19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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Open the full verse study9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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Open the full verse study15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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Open the full verse study7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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Open the full verse study16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
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