A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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Gill's Exposition
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 diligent in the affairs of her house, takes care of her…
Barnes' Notes
Virtuous - The word implies the virtue of earnestness, or strength of character, rather than of simple chastity. A crown - With the Jews the sign, not of kingly power only, but also of joy and…
Matthew Henry
Note, 1. He that is blessed with a good wife is as happy as if he were upon the throne, for she is no less than a crown to him. A virtuous woman, that is pious and prudent, ingenious and industrious,…
Cambridge Bible
A virtuous woman Comp. Rth 3:11, and for a full description of the character intended, ch. Pro 31:10-31.
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