Our Favorite Proverbs: Proverbs 12:4
by David Chadwick
"An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones." Proverbs 12:4
Excellent is defined as "something possessing outstanding quality, superior merit, or being remarkably good." Shame, on the other hand, is "a painful emotion driven by the belief that you are fundamentally flawed or unworthy."
In this verse, God lays out two options of the kind of wife someone can find. Almost like a fork in the road, this verse clearly shows what happens if you go one direction versus another. One direction leads to honor. The other leads…
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