Proverbs 12:4
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
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House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.
Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh‘s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.
as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
“From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.
Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.