A [a]virtuous woman is the crown of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.

The thoughts of the just are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The talking of the wicked is to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will [b]deliver them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:4 Hebrew, strong, or painful.
  2. Proverbs 12:6 As their conscience is upright, so shall they be able to speak for themselves against their accusers.

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