She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
Parallel translations
- KJV She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
- BSB She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
- NKJV She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
- NASB She watches over the activities of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
- NLT She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.
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She watches carefully over her household and refuses to be idle.
Overview
The worthy woman is attentive and diligent, overseeing her home with care and shunning laziness. Her vigilance reflects responsible love that actively tends to those in her charge. This faithful watchfulness crowns the portrait of wisdom in action, a life of glad, purposeful service that honors God in the ordinary duties of daily life.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Tim 5:10being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
- Titus 2:4that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
- 2 Th 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
- Prov 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- 1 Th 4:11and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
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