9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Prov 12:4 — A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
• Prov 12:4 — A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
• Prov 14:1 — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
• Prov 15:17 — Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
• Prov 17:1 — Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
• Prov 17:1 — Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
• Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
• Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
• Prov 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
• Prov 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
• Prov 25:24 — It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
• Prov 25:24 — It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
• Prov 27:15 — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
• Prov 27:15 — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
• Prov 30:23 — For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.