Verse 4

A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:30 : 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
• Prov 19:13-14 : 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping. 14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.
• Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
• Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
• Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together. 16 He that stilleth her, stilleth the winde, and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande.
• Prov 31:10-25 : 10 Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is much more worth then pearles. 11 The heart of her husbande may safely trust in her, so that he shall fall into no pouertie. 12 She wyll do hym good, and not euill, all the dayes of her lyfe. 13 She occupieth wooll and flaxe, and laboureth gladly with her handes. 14 She is like a marchauntes ship, that bryngeth her vittayles from a farre. 15 She is vp in the nyght season, to prouide meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens. 16 She considereth lande, and byeth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde. 17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes. 18 And yf she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good, her candell goeth not out by nyght. 19 She layeth her fingers to the spindle, & her hande taketh holde of the distaffe. 20 She openeth her hande to the poore, yea she stretcheth foorth her handes to such as haue neede. 21 She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurt her housholde, for all her housholde folkes are clothed with scarlet. 22 She maketh her selfe faire ornametes, her clothyng is white silke and purple. 23 Her husbande is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande. 24 She maketh cloth of silke, and selleth it: and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt. 25 Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.
• Hab 3:16 : 16 When I hearde, my belly trembled, my lippes shoke at the voice, rottennesse entred into my bones, & I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: for when he commeth vp vnto the people, he shall destroy them.
• 1 Cor 11:7 : 7 A man ought not to couer his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glorie of God: But the woman is the glorie of the man:
• Prov 14:1 : 1 Wyse women vpholde their house: but a foolishe wyfe plucketh it downe.
• 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 Neuerthelesse, neither is the man without the woman, neither ye woman without the man, in the Lorde.