Proverbs 12:4

1 Corinthians 11:11; 1 Corinthians 11:7; Habakkuk 3:16; Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 14:30; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 27:15; Proverbs 27:16; Proverbs 31:10-25

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Virtuous - The word implies the virtue of earnestness, or strength of character, rather than of simple chastity. A crown - With the Jews the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

virtuous . worthy. See Proverbs 31:10 and Rth 31:11. crown. Always used of. bridal or royal crown.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A virtuous woman— A strong woman, in the Hebrew, a woman of diligence or oeconomy. Solomon seems to intend by his appellation, a woman who has...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. A virtuous (literally, strenuous [ c...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song o...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A virtuous woman. — Literally, of power, i.e., of ability and character, like the wife described in Proverbs 31 , or the “able” men of Exodus 1...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband ,.... One that is loving and chaste, constant and faithful, obsequious and submissive to him; that is d...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones. Ver. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown to...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A virtuous woman אשׁת חיל, a woman of strength , or vigour , (namely, of minds) of diligence , or economy. Thus אישׁ חיל, is rendered, Ruth 1...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Note, 1. He that is ble...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A crown; a singular ornament and matter of his glorying and joy. That maketh ashamed; that by her folly or wickedness bringeth shame to herself a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Comparison Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous, The Basis Of The Righteous Family, And The Destiny Of Each ( Proverbs 12:1-8 ). We have he...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:4 . Virtuous , literally “strenuous,” “capable” (used in Ruth 3:11 ). MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:4 A HUSB...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath...
The Biblical Illustrator

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones False affection Delilah’s character, tho...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and ope...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 4. A virtuous woman, a wife of moral power and probity, as shown in her pious activity in the home, is a crown to her husband, an emblem of ho...

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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