1 Thessalonians 4:11

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

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

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Lamentations 3:26

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

Mark 13:34

For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Acts 18:3

And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

Acts 20:35

I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Romans 12:11

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Romans 15:20

Yes, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation:

1 Corinthians 4:12

And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

2 Corinthians 5:9

Why we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs.

1 Timothy 2:2

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

1 Timothy 5:13

And with they learn to be idle, wandering 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's 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 that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.