Proverbs 31:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat 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

The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 31:14

She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from far away.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband, too, and he praises her:

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister living irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

1 Timothy 5:10

she must be well attested for her good works, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

Titus 2:4

so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,