Proverbs 31:27
Good News Translation
She is always busy and looks after her family's needs.

New Revised Standard Version
She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Contemporary English Version
She takes good care of her family and is never lazy.

New American Bible
She watches over the affairs of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Proverbs 31:26
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