Proverbs 31:13

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She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

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  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and is well known for her good works: if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in affliction, and devoted herself to every good work.
  • Titus 2:5 : 5 to be self-controlled, pure, committed to their homes, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be slandered.
  • Gen 18:6-8 : 6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.' 7 Then Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and good calf, and gave it to a servant, who hastened to prepare it. 8 He then brought curds, milk, and the calf he had prepared, and set them before the men. While they ate, he stood near them under the tree.
  • Gen 24:13-14 : 13 "See, I am standing here by the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. 14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too,' let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
  • Gen 24:18-20 : 18 "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. 19 After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink." 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.
  • Gen 29:9-9 : 9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10 When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban’s sheep, he went up, rolled the stone away from the well’s mouth, and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep.
  • Exod 2:16 : 16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.
  • Ruth 2:2-3 : 2 Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and gather leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter." 3 So she went out, entered a field, and began to glean behind the harvesters. By chance, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the family of Elimelech.
  • Ruth 2:23 : 23 So Ruth stayed close to the young women of Boaz to glean until the barley harvest and the wheat harvest were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
  • Isa 3:16-24 : 16 The LORD says, 'Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, walking with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, taking short, mincing steps, and jingling ornaments on their feet, 17 therefore the Lord will make the crowns of the daughters of Zion scabby, and the LORD will expose their secret parts.' 18 In that day, the Lord will take away the beauty of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescent ornaments, 19 the earrings, the bracelets, and the veils, 20 the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets, 21 the rings and nose rings, 22 the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, and the purses, 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the shawls. 24 Instead of perfume, there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
  • Isa 32:9-9 : 9 Rise up, you women who are at ease; listen to my voice! You daughters who feel secure, pay attention to what I say! 10 In little more than a year, you who feel secure will tremble, for the grape harvest will fail, and the gathering will not come. 11 Tremble, you who are at ease; shudder, you who feel secure! Strip yourselves bare and put on sackcloth around your waists.
  • Acts 9:39-40 : 39 So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. All the widows stood around him weeping and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. 40 Peter sent everyone out of the room, then knelt down and prayed. Turning toward the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And to make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
  • 2 Thess 3:10-12 : 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat. 11 We hear that some among you are living idle lives, refusing to work and instead becoming busybodies. 12 To such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and earn their own living.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 31:14-31
    18 verses
    85%

    14She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

    15She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.

    16She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

    17She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.

    18She senses that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.

    19She lays her hands to the distaff, and her fingers grasp the spindle.

    20She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

    21She is not afraid for her household when it snows, for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

    22She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

    23Her husband is respected at the city gates, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

    24She makes linen garments and sells them; she supplies sashes to the merchants.

    25She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs at the days to come.

    26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue.

    27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

    28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also praises her.

    29Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.

    30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

    31Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gates.

  • Prov 31:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

    11Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.

    12She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

  • Exod 35:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25Every skilled woman spun thread with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple, crimson yarn, and fine linen.

    26All the women whose hearts were stirred with skill spun goat hair.

  • Prov 3:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire compares with her.

    16Long life is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor.

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.

  • Prov 14:1
    72%

    1Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • Prov 6:8
    72%

    8yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest.

  • Ps 128:2
    69%

    2You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

  • Job 31:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,

    20and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep—

  • Exod 31:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4to design artistic works, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

    5to cut and set stones, to carve wood, and to engage in all forms of craftsmanship.

  • Prov 4:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8Prize her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you when you embrace her.

    9She will place a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of splendor.

  • 1 Tim 5:10
    68%

    10and is well known for her good works: if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in affliction, and devoted herself to every good work.

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

    14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 30:23
    68%

    23an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

  • Exod 35:35
    68%

    35He has filled them with skill and wisdom to perform all kinds of craftsmanship—designing, embroidering in blue, purple, and crimson yarn, and fine linen, weaving, and doing all kinds of craftsmanship and artistic designs.

  • Prov 2:4
    68%

    4if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

  • Eccl 7:26
    68%

    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Prov 10:4
    67%

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Deut 25:11
    67%

    11If two men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs him by his private parts,

  • Job 31:10
    67%

    10then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

  • Prov 18:22
    67%

    22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Prov 11:16
    67%

    16A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain wealth.