Proverbs 31:27

A Conservative Version

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Cross References

1 Timothy 5:10

being testified in good works: if she has reared children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the sanctified, if she has relieved those who are afflicted, if she has followed every good work.

Titus 2:4

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

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition, which they received from us.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 31:28

Her sons rise up, and call her blessed. Her husband [also], and he praises her.

Proverbs 31:14

She is like the merchant ships: she brings her bread from afar.