Proverbs 31:13

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Summary

Proverbs 31:13

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

Worketh

General references

Proverbs 31:24

Bible References

Worketh

So Abraham hastened towards the tent unto Sarah, - and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth-cakes.

Here am, I, stationed by the fountain of water, - and, the daughters of the men of the city, are coming forth to draw water:

While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for a shepherdess, was she.

Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, - and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi - Let me go, I pray thee, to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose eyes I may find favour. And she said to her - Go, my daughter.

Because haughty are the daughters of Zion, And they walk with neck thrown back, and wanton eyes, - Tripping along as they go, And with their feet, making, a tinkling sound,

Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech: -

And Peter, arising, went with them, - whom, when he arrived, they brought up into the upper room; and there stood by him all the widows, weeping, and showing the tunics and mantles - whatsoever things Dorcas was making while she was with them.

And to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands, - even as, unto you, we gave charge -

For, even when we were with you, this, were we giving in charge unto you, - that, if any will not work, neither let him eat!

In noble works, being well-attested; - if she hath nourished children, if she hath shewn hospitality, if, saints feet, she hath washed, if, them who were in tribulation, she hath succoured, if, in every good, work she hath followed on:

soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, - that, the word of God, be not defamed;

General references

Fine linen wraps, she maketh and selleth, and, girdles, doth she deliver to the trader: