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Proverbs 31:27

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

KJV

Consideravit semitas domus suæ, et panem otiosa non comedit.

Vulgate

She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

ASV

צ֭וֹפִיָּה הֲלִיכ֣וֹת בֵּיתָ֑/הּ וְ/לֶ֥חֶם עַ֝צְל֗וּת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵֽל

Hebrew

She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ם
m
noun · 7×
עַ֝צְל֗וּת
'tslvt
noun · 1×
צֹּפֶה֙
tsph
verb · 37×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:11 — And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • 1Tim 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed
  • 1Tim 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • 1Tim 5:14 — I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
  • 2Thess 3:6 — Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
  • 2Thess 3:8 — Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
  • Prov 14:1 — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
  • Ruth 2:17 — So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
  • Titus 2:4 — That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,