A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A virtuous wife is a crown of honor and blessing and strength to her husband, while a wife who causes shame is like decay eating away in his bones. The distinction turns entirely on character, separating wives who build up their husbands from those who bring them harm. Finding a wife is called a good thing, yet not every wife brings that good, since only the virtuous fulfills it. The shameful wife does not fulfill it but reverses it, bringing deep dishonor instead of blessing.
A wife's influence reaches so far that it can shape her husband's success or failure in life, which makes marriage a solemn choice to be entered only with due consideration. When a married woman is unfaithful and encourages corrupt men, she brings reproach both upon her husband and upon the cause of God. Parents add to the wrong when they excuse and conceal such unfaithful conduct rather than correcting it.
A virtuous wife is a crown of honor and blessing and strength to her husband, while a wife who causes shame is like decay eating away in his bones. The distinction turns entirely on character, separating wives who build up their husbands from those who bring them harm. Finding a wife is called a good thing, yet not every wife brings that good, since only the virtuous fulfills it. The shameful wife does not fulfill it but reverses it, bringing deep dishonor instead of blessing.
A wife's influence reaches so far that it can shape her husband's success or failure in life, which makes marriage a solemn choice to be entered only with due consideration. When a married woman is unfaithful and encourages corrupt men, she brings reproach both upon her husband and upon the cause of God. Parents add to the wrong when they excuse and conceal such unfaithful conduct rather than correcting it.