1 Thessalonians 4:11

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:28

He that stole, let him now steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.

1 Peter 3:4

But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, which is rich in the sight of God.

Titus 3:14

And let our men also learn to excel in good works for necessary uses: that they be not unfruitful.

1 Timothy 2:2

For kings, and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity.

Lamentations 3:26

Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

1 Corinthians 4:12

And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a railer, or a coveter of other men's things.

1 Timothy 5:13

And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

2 Corinthians 5:9

And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.

Romans 12:11

In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.

Acts 20:35

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.

Mark 13:34

Even as a man who going into a far country, left his house; and gave authority to his servants over every work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Romans 15:20

And I have so preached this gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation.

Acts 18:3

And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.)

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.