Proverbs 12:3-5

The Message

³You can’t find firm footing in a swamp,
but life rooted in God stands firm.

⁴A hearty wife invigorates her husband,
but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.

⁵The thinking of principled people makes for justice;
the plots of degenerates corrupt.

Proverbs 12:3-5

New International Version

³No one can be established through wickedness,
but the righteous cannot be uprooted.^(A)

⁴A wife of noble character^(B) is her husband’s crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.^(C)

⁵The plans of the righteous are just,
but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)