Proverbs 12:4

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart is life to the body,
but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and I trembled within;
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image and glory, but woman is man’s glory.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house,
but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 19:13-14

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

Proverbs 27:15-16

An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.

Proverbs 31:10-25

Who can find a capable wife?
She is far more precious than jewels.

1 Corinthians 11:11

In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Virtuous

Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house,
but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.
Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a capable wife?
She is far more precious than jewels.
1 Corinthians 11:7
A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image and glory, but woman is man’s glory.

She

Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 27:15
An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.

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