1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
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12That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
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Proverbs 17:1Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Lamentations 3:26It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?
Acts 20:35In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
Romans 12:11Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
1 Corinthians 4:12And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:10-13
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 51.) 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. In these words… Read the whole commentary →