Proverbs 31:13 “She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.”

Proverbs 31:13

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh [with] her hands.

Bible in Basic English

She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

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Cross references

“worketh”

1 Timothy 5:10 Titus 2:5 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12 Genesis 18:6–8 Genesis 24:18–20 Ruth 2:23

1 Timothy 5:10 · BSB

and 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.

Titus 2:5 · BSB

to 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.

2 Thessalonians 3:10–12 · BSB

For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”

Genesis 18:6–8 · BSB

So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”

Genesis 24:18–20 · BSB

“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

Ruth 2:23 · BSB

So 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.

14She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

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