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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,
    but a wife[a] who puts him to shame is like bone cancer.[b]
The plans of the righteous are just,
    but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The words of the wicked lead to[c] bloodshed,
    but the speech of the upright delivers them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:4 Lit. but she
  2. Proverbs 12:4 Lit. decay
  3. Proverbs 12:6 Lit. wicked lie in wait for