Proverbs 31:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.”
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BSBPD
“She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh <FI>with<Fi> her hands.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 31:13 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:6So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- Genesis 24:13Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
- Genesis 24:18“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
- Genesis 29:9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
- Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- Ruth 2:2And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
- Ruth 2:23So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
- Isaiah 3:16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
- Isaiah 32:9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Acts 9:39So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
- 1 Timothy 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- Titus 2:5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
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