Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 12:4

"A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones." — Proverbs 12:4 (ASV)

A virtuous woman. —Literally, of power, that is, of ability and character, like the wife described in Proverbs 31:10, or the “able” men of Exodus 18:21.