1 Thessalonians 4:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

Proverbs 17:14

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

Mark 13:34

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

Acts 18:3

And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

Acts 20:35

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Romans 12:11

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

Romans 15:20

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

1 Corinthians 4:12

And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

2 Corinthians 5:9

For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

1 Timothy 2:2

For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.

1 Timothy 5:13

And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.

Titus 3:14

And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.

1 Peter 3:4

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

1 Peter 4:15

Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;