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Proverbs 12:4
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4 A hearty wife invigorates her husband,
    but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.

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Proverbs 12:4
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4 A wife of noble character(A) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(B)

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Proverbs 12:4
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4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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Proverbs 12:4
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4 (A)An excellent wife is (B)the crown of her husband,
    but she who (C)brings shame is like (D)rottenness in his bones.

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