2 Thessalonians 3:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

we did not eat  anyone’s food free of charge;  instead, we laboured  and toiled,  working  night and day, so that we would not be a burden  to any of you.

Cross References

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you remember our labour and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working  night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.

Acts 18:3

and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade,  he stayed with them and worked.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to seek to lead a quiet life,  to mind your own business,  and to work  with your own hands, as we commanded you,

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share  with anyone in need.

1 Corinthians 4:12

we labour, working  with our own hands.  When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and provide for themselves.

2 Corinthians 11:9

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, since the brothers who came from Macedonia  supplied my needs.  I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over the activities of her household and is never idle.

Nehemiah 5:18

Each  day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every ten days.  But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

1 Corinthians 9:4

Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?

2 Corinthians 11:27

toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.

2 Kings 6:2

Please let us go to the Jordan where we can each get a log and can build ourselves a place to live there.’ ‘Go,’ he said.