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

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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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(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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A wife of noble character[a] is her husband’s crown,(A)
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:4 Or A wife of quality, or A wife of good character

An [a](A)excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like (B)rottenness in his bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:4 Or virtuous