2 Thessalonians 3:10

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For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat.

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.
  • Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense. 31 Thorns had grown all over it, the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 I observed and took it to heart; I saw it and received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And to make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
  • 1 Thess 3:4 : 4 For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms."
  • John 16:4 : 4 I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you.
  • Acts 20:18 : 18 When they arrived, he said to them, 'You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in Asia.'

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  • 2 Thess 3:11-14
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    11 We hear that some among you are living idle lives, refusing to work and instead becoming busybodies.

    12 To such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and earn their own living.

    13 But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing good.

    14 If anyone does not obey our instructions in this letter, take note of that person and do not associate with them, so that they may be ashamed.

  • 2 Thess 3:6-9
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    6 Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister who is idle and does not live according to the tradition they received from us.

    7 For you yourselves know how you should imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you.

    8 We did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Instead, we worked with toil and hardship night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you.

    9 It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11 And to make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

    12 so that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who lack the right to not work for a living?

    7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

  • Matt 10:10
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    10 Do not bring a traveling bag for the journey, or two shirts, or sandals, or a staff; for a worker is worthy of his food.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

  • Eph 4:28
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    28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead, he must labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to good works to meet urgent needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8 If anyone does not provide for their own, and especially for their own household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.

  • 1 Cor 4:11-12
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    11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless.

    12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18 For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13 Our desire is not for others to be relieved while you are burdened, but for equality.

  • 1 Cor 11:34
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    34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give further instructions.

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

  • Gal 6:9
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    9 Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • Jas 2:15-16
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    15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,

    16 and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8 Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11 Let such people realize that what we are in our letters while absent, we will be in our actions when present.

  • Heb 4:11
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    11 Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same example of disobedience.

  • 1 Cor 9:11-12
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    11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

    12 If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20 We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticize us regarding this generous gift we are administering.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16 so that you too may be subject to such people, and to everyone who works hard and labors among you.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and those of my companions.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6 Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6 We did not seek glory from people, neither from you nor from others.

  • 2 Cor 11:9
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    9 And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept and will continue to keep myself from being a burden to you in any way.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6 And that no one transgresses or defrauds their brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we have forewarned and solemnly testified to you.

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4 For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • 1 Cor 5:9
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    9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

  • 1 Thess 5:6
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    6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

  • Exod 20:9
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    9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,