1 Thessalonians 4:11

WEB

¹¹and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,

KJV

¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

BSB

¹¹and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

FBV

¹¹Try to live a quiet life, minding your own business, doing your own work, as we've already explained to you,

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Extra References

Ephesians 4:28

²⁸Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

⁶Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

1 Peter 3:4

⁴but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

Titus 3:14

¹⁴Let our people also learn to maintain good works to meet necessary needs, that they may not be unfruitful.

Proverbs 17:1

¹Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

1 Timothy 2:2

²for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

Lamentations 3:26

²⁶It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

1 Corinthians 4:12

¹²We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

1 Timothy 5:13

¹³Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Romans 12:11

¹¹not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,