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Proverbs 31:13

Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

Context

v.12She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.

v.13This passage

v.14She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 24:18

    And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

  • 1 Timothy 5:14

    I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

  • Titus 2:5

    to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

  • Isaiah 3:16

    Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

  • Ruth 2:2

    And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10

    For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.