One who is good obtains favor from the Lord,(A)
but he condemns a person who schemes.(B)

No one can be made secure by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous is immovable.(C)

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

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Footnotes

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

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