Proverbs 31:27
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
BSB
ASV
She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
KJV
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
THE LONG RULES 37 (379)
Why should we dwell upon the amount of evil there is in idleness, when the apostle clearly prescribes that he who does not work should not eat? As daily sustenance is necessary for everyone, so labor in proportion to one's strength is also essential. Not vainly has Solomon written in praise: "and she has not eaten her bread idle."
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
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A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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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.
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Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
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For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,