A man cannot be established by wickedness: but the [a]root of the righteous shall not be moved.

A [b]virtuous woman is the crown of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.

The thoughts of the just are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:3 They are so grounded in the favor of God, that their root shall prosper continually.
  2. Proverbs 12:4 Hebrew, strong, or painful.

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