2 Thessalonians 3:10

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For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.
  • Prov 21:25 : 25 What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense. 31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson: 33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
  • 1 Thess 3:4 : 4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
  • John 16:4 : 4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.
  • Acts 20:18 : 18 When they arrived, he said to them,“You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Thess 3:11-14
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    11For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

    12Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

    13But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

    14But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

  • 2 Thess 3:6-9
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    6Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

    7For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

    8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.

    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

    7Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

  • Matt 10:10
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    10no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

  • Eph 4:28
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    28The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

  • 1 Tim 5:8
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    8But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • 1 Cor 4:11-12
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    11To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

    12We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

  • 1 Cor 11:34
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    34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

  • 1 Cor 9:4
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    4Do we not have the right to financial support?

  • Gal 6:9
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    9So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

  • Jas 2:15-16
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    15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

    16and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

  • 1 Cor 9:11-12
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    11If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • 1 Cor 5:11
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    11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

  • 2 Cor 11:9
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    9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

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    9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

  • 1 Thess 5:6
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    6So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

  • Exod 20:9
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    9For six days you may labor and do all your work,