1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹¹ Aim to live quietly, mind your own business, and earn your own living, just as I told you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, Than an house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and striving after wind.

Lamentations 3:26

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

Mark 13:34

It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch.

Acts 18:3

and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

Acts 20:35

In all things I gave you an example, how that so labouring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Romans 12:11

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Romans 15:20

yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation;

1 Corinthians 4:12

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

2 Corinthians 5:9

Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

1 Timothy 5:13

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Titus 3:14

And let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

1 Peter 3:4

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

1 Peter 4:15

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters: