Proverbs 31:27
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She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

Proverbs 14:1 A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that you use your endeavour to be quiet: and that you do your own business and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without: and that you want nothing of any man's.

2 Thessalonians 3:6 And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.

1 Timothy 5:10 Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.

Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children.

Context
The Virtues of a Noble Woman
26She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue. 27She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.28Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.…
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 31:28
Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.

Lexicon
She watches over
צ֭וֹפִיָּה (ṣō·w·p̄î·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

the affairs
הֲלִיכ֣וֹת (hă·lî·ḵō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1979: A walking, a procession, march, a caravan

of her household
בֵּיתָ֑הּ (bê·ṯāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and does not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

eat
תֹאכֵֽל׃ (ṯō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

the bread
וְלֶ֥חֶם (wə·le·ḥem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

of idleness.
עַ֝צְל֗וּת (‘aṣ·lūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6104: Sluggishness


Additional Translations
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness.

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

The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness.

She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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

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

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.

She is watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.
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