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

Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

No one can be established through wickedness,
    but the righteous cannot be uprooted.(C)

A wife of noble character(D) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(E)

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