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A person will not be established by wickedness,
    but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
A woman of strength[a] is the crown of her master,[b]
    but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.
The thoughts of the righteous are[c] just;
    the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:4 Or “honor”
  2. Proverbs 12:4 Or “lord, owner”
  3. Proverbs 12:5 Hebrew “is”