Proverbs 31:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 Well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
  • Titus 2:4 : 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.

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    17 verses
    83%

    10Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies.

    11The heart of her husband safely trusts in her, so he will have no lack of gain.

    12She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

    13She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.

    14She is like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar.

    15She rises also while it is yet night, and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens.

    16She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

    17She girds herself with strength and strengthens her arms.

    18She perceives that her merchandise is good; her lamp does not go out by night.

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

    20She extends her hand to the poor; yes, she reaches forth her hands to the needy.

    21She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.

    22She makes herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

    23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

    24She makes fine linen and sells it, and delivers sashes to the merchant.

    25Strength and honor are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.

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

  • Prov 31:28-31
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    28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.

    29Many daughters have done virtuously, but you excel them all.

    30Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

  • Prov 6:8
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    8Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

  • Prov 7:11
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    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at home:

  • Prov 19:14-15
    2 verses
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    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 3:16-18
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    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.

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

    18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.

  • Prov 9:14
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    14For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Ps 128:2-3
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    2For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

    3Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants around your table.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

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    20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.

  • Deut 28:56
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    56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

  • 1 Tim 5:10
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    10Well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

  • Prov 6:25-26
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    25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.

    26For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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  • Prov 4:9
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    9She will give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory she will deliver to you.

  • Titus 2:5
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    5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

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    16A gracious woman retains honor, and strong men retain riches.

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Prepare your work outside, and make it ready for yourself in the field; afterward build your house.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For an unloved woman when she is married, and a maidservant who is heir to her mistress.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you.

  • Prov 2:18
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    18For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.

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    15I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

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    13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.