2 Thessalonians 3:11

A Conservative Version

For we hear of some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.

Cross References

1 Timothy 5:13

And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.

1 Peter 4:15

For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition, which they received from us.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

Ephesians 4:28

Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.