The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 31:27 - New Revised Standard Version She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Common English Bible She is vigilant over the activities of her household; she doesn’t eat the food of laziness. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle. |
The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
She is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from far away.
Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband too, and he praises her:
to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,
Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us.
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.
so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,