Proverbs 12:4
What meaning of the proverbs 12:4 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 12:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."
What does Proverbs 12:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."
Verse Proverbs 12:4. _A VIRTUOUS WOMAN_ IS _A CROWN TO HER HUSBAND_] אשת חיל _esheth chayil_, a _strong woman_. Our word _virtue_ (_virtus_) is derived from _vir_, a _man_; and as _man_ is the _noble...
VIRTUOUS - The word implies the virtue of earnestness, or strength of character, rather than of simple chastity. A CROWN - With the Jews the sign, not of kingly power only, but also of joy and gladne...
CHAPTER 12 THE CONTRAST IN RELATION TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS In these proverbs we have the righteous mentioned, his thoughts, his words, his domestic relationship, his attitude toward animal creation Pro...
PROVERBS 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution (Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 12:21; Proverbs 12:28). Several deal with speech...
VIRTUOUS. worthy. See Proverbs 31:10 and Rth 31:11. CROWN. Always used of. bridal or royal crown....
_A virtuous woman_ Comp. Ruth 3:11, and for a full description of the character intended, ch. Proverbs 31:10-31....
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN— _A strong woman,_ in the Hebrew, _a woman of diligence or oeconomy._ Solomon seems to intend by his appellation, a woman who has all the perfections of her sex; wisdom, modesty, prud...
CHAPTER 12 TEXT Proverbs 12:1-9 1. Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2. A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will...
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. A VIRTUOUS (LITERALLY, STRENUOUS [ chayil (H2428 )], AS RUTH IS CALLED, RUTH 3:11 ) WOMAN IS...
4. A CROWN, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom (Song of Solomon 3:11; Song of Solomon 8:9). In Damascus the bridal crown consists of...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction. Only a stupid person hates correction. V2 God is kind to a good man. God punishes...
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN. — Literally, _of power, i.e.,_ of ability and character, like the wife described in Proverbs 31, or the “able” men of Exodus 18:21....
אֵֽשֶׁת ־חַ֭יִל עֲטֶ֣רֶת בַּעְלָ֑הּ וּ כְ רָקָ֖ב בְּ עַצְמֹותָ֣יו מְבִישָֽׁה׃...
CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the LIPS i...
Verse Proverbs 12:9. That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to minis...
_Diligent. Hebrew, "strong or virtuous," (Haydock) including all the perfections of the sex, and in particular those of economy and chastity, chap. xiv. 1., and xxxi. 10._...
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. T...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN [IS] A CROWN TO HER HUSBAND,.... One that is loving and chaste, constant and faithful, obsequious and submissive to him; that is diligent in the affairs of her house, takes care of he...
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones. Ver. 4. _A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband._] Heb., A valiant woman; an able housew...
_A virtuous woman_ אשׁת חיל, _a woman of strength_, or _vigour_, (namely, of minds) _of diligence_, or _economy._ Thus אישׁ חיל, is rendered, Ruth 1:2. _A man of valour._ “Solomon seems to intend by t...
V. 4. A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, a wife of moral power and probity, as shown in her pious activity in the home, IS A CROWN TO HER HUSBAND, an emblem of honor and glory before the whole world; BUT SHE THAT MAKE...
A CROWN; a singular ornament and matter of his glorying and joy. THAT MAKETH ASHAMED; that by her folly or wickedness bringeth shame to herself and to her husband. As rottenness in his bones; loathsom...
Proverbs 12:4 excellent H2428 wife H802 crown H5850 husband H1167 shame H954 (H8688) rottenness H7538 bones H6106 virtuous - Proverbs 14:1, Proverbs 19:13-14, Proverbs 31:10-25; 1 Corinthians 11:7,...
A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS, THE BASIS OF THE RIGHTEOUS FAMILY, AND THE DESTINY OF EACH (PROVERBS 12:1). We have here another subsection in which the various attributes of t...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: In the life of the righteous, there is all true comfort and satisfaction and at the end of life there is eternal joy. The m...
Proverbs 12:4. _A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,_ as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9. _He that is despised, and hath a servant._ There are various comments here. He that is...
_A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones _ FALSE AFFECTION Delilah’s character, though but briefly drawn, is not without terrible signif...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:1 These verses begin by encouraging the reader to be one who LOVES DISCIPLINE and not one who HATES REPROOF or moral correction. Such an attitude produces a life that WILL...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 12:4. VIRTUOUS, literally “strenuous,” “capable” (used in Ruth 3:11). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:4_ A HUSBAND’S CROWN I. A WOMAN POSSESSED OF A QUALITY WHICH TIME WIL...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 12:1 INSTRUCTION; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive _knowledge, _especially the knowledge o...
Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he who hates reproof is brutish (Proverbs 12:1). And there's a lot in the Proverbs about instructing a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a fool and...
1 Corinthians 11:11; 1 Corinthians 11:7; Habakkuk 3:16; Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 14:30; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 21:9;...