Proverbs 7:11 “She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.”

Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

World English Bible

She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

American Standard Version

(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

Geneva Bible 1599

(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.

Darby Translation

She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:

Young's Literal Translation

Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

Bible in Basic English

She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

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Cross references

“loud”

Proverbs 9:13 Proverbs 31:10–31 Proverbs 25:24 Proverbs 27:14 Proverbs 27:15

Proverbs 9:13 · BSB

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Proverbs 31:10–31 · BSB

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

Proverbs 25:24 · BSB

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 27:14 · BSB

If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

Proverbs 27:15 · BSB

A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

“her feet”

Titus 2:5 Genesis 18:9 1 Timothy 5:13 1 Timothy 5:14

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.

Genesis 18:9 · BSB

“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.

1 Timothy 5:13 · BSB

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

1 Timothy 5:14 · BSB

So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

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

In context

10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

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