Proverbs 12:4-9

⁴A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully is as rottenness in his bones.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

⁷The wicked are overthrown, and are not; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

⁸A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.

⁹Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.