2 Thessalonians 3:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye studie to be quiet, & to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commaunded you,
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour, and worke with his handes the thing which is good, that hee may haue to giue vnto him that needeth.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 For Kings, and for all that are in authoritie, that we may leade a quiet and a peaceable life, in all godlinesse and honestie.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And furthermore we beseeche you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Iesus, that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God.
  • Gen 49:14-15 : 14 Issachar shalbe a strong asse, couching downe betweene two burdens: 15 And he shall see that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant, and he shall bow his shoulder to beare, and shalbe subiect vnto tribute.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Our dayly bread giue vs for the day:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Thess 3:4-11
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    4And we are perswaded of you through the Lord, that ye both doe, & will doe the things which we warne you of.

    5And the Lord guide your hearts to the loue of God, and the waiting for of Christ.

    6We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.

    7For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

    8Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

    9Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

    10For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.

    11For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11And that ye studie to be quiet, & to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commaunded you,

    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • 2 Thess 3:13-15
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    13And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

    14If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, & haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed:

    15Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 1 Thess 5:12-14
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    12Nowe we beseeche you, brethren, that ye acknowledge them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lorde, & admonish you,

    13That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.

    14We desire you, brethren, admonish them that are out of order: comfort ye feeble minded: beare with the weake: be pacient toward all men.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?

    7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16That ye be obedient euen vnto such, and to all that helpe with vs and labour.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7And in that house tary still, eating and drinking such things as by them shall be set before you: for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Goe not from house to house.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
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    33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eate, tary one for another.

    34And if any man be hungry, let him eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19Let vs then followe those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Haue we not power to eat & to drinke?

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14So also hath the Lorde ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.

  • 1 Tim 5:13
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    13And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Of these things put them in remembrance, and protest before the Lord, that they striue not about wordes, which is to no profit, but to the peruerting of the hearers.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the Scripture sayeth, Thou shalt not mousell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: and, The labourer is worthie of his wages.

  • 2 Thess 2:17
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    17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in euery worde and good worke.

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brethren, bee followers of mee, and looke on them, which walke so, as yee haue vs for an ensample.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, & not to please our selues.

  • 1 Thess 4:1-2
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    1And furthermore we beseeche you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Iesus, that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God.

    2For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.

  • Eph 4:28
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    28Let him that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour, and worke with his handes the thing which is good, that hee may haue to giue vnto him that needeth.

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34Yea, ye knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • Rom 16:18
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    18For they that are such, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christ, but their owne bellies, and with faire speech and flattering deceiue the heartes of the simple.

  • Mark 6:36
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    36Let them depart, that they may goe into the countrey and townes about, and buy them bread: for they haue nothing to eate.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shal beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he be.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13Neither is it that other men should be eased and you grieued: But vpon like condition, at this time your abundance supplieth their lacke:

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:1
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    1Nowe we beseech you, brethren, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by our assembling vnto him,

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3If any man teach otherwise, and consenteth not to the wholesome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christ, and to the doctrine, which is according to godlinesse,

  • Matt 10:10
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    10Nor a scrippe for the iourney, neither two coates, neither shoes, nor a staffe: for the workeman is worthie of his meate.

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certaine which went out from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, and cumbred your mindes, saying, Ye must be circumcised and keepe the Lawe: to whom we gaue no such commaundement,

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.