Proverbs 31:27

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 31:14

She is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from afar.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, 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 charged you;

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

1 Timothy 5:10

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

Titus 2:4

and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,