Verse 4

A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:30 : 30 A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
• Prov 19:13-14 : 13 A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping. 14 House & riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.
• Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
• Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.
• Prov 27:15-16 : 15 A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike. 16 He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
• Prov 31:10-25 : 10 Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles. 11 The heart of her husbande trusteth in her, and he shall haue no neede of spoyle. 12 She will doe him good, and not euill all the dayes of her life. 13 She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes. 14 She is like the shippes of marchants: shee bringeth her foode from afarre. 15 And she riseth, whiles it is yet night: and giueth the portion to her houshold, and the ordinarie to her maides. 16 She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde. 17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes. 18 She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night. 19 She putteth her handes to the wherue, and her handes handle the spindle. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poore, and putteth foorth her hands to the needie. 21 She feareth not the snowe for her familie: for all her familie is clothed with skarlet. 22 She maketh her selfe carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment. 23 Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land. 24 She maketh sheetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant. 25 Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.
• Hab 3:16 : 16 When I heard, my bellie trembled: my lippes shooke at the voyce: rottennesse entred into my bones, and I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: for whe he commeth vp vnto the people, he shall destroy them.
• 1 Cor 11:7 : 7 For a man ought not to couer his head: for as much as he is the image & glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
• Prov 14:1 : 1 A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.
• 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.