OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 12:4

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A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

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Verse 4. Diligent. Hebrew “strong or virtuous,” ( Bible.) including all the perfections of the sex, and in particular those of economy and chastity. Calmet. 14:1 and 31:10.

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