Proverbs 12:4
“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”
Study Summary
Wife and ruin: A wife of noble character is her husbands crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. The virtuous wife (eshet chayil) is honor (atarah) for her husband. The shameful wife (bogdah) is decay (rakev) in his bones, destroying him from within. A wife's character profoundly affects her husband.
Community Reflections
God is faithful in every circumstance.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance.. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of…
Read the note →Wife and ruin: A wife of noble character is her husbands crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. The virtuous wife (eshet chayil) is honor (atarah) for her husband. The shameful wife (bogdah) is decay (rakev) in his bones, destroying him from within. A wife's character profoundly affects her husband.