Proverbs 31:27 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁷ She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ She looks well to how things go in her household, and the bread of idleness (gossip, discontent, and self-pity) she will not eat. [I Tim. 5:14; Tit. 2:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

Common English Bible

²⁷ She is vigilant over the activities of her household; she doesn’t eat the food of laziness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ She has considered the paths of her household, and she has not eaten her bread in idleness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

Proverbs 31:27 Cross References

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 31:14

She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

1 Timothy 5:10

well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

Titus 2:4

that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,