1 Thessalonians 4:11

Easy To Read Version

Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Take care of your own business. Do your own work. We have already told you to do these things.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

It is better to have only a dry piece of bread to eat in peace than to have a whole house full of food with everyone arguing.

Proverbs 17:14

If you start an argument, it is like breaking a hole in a dam. So stop the argument before it becomes bigger and bigger.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Maybe that is true. But I say it is better to be satisfied with the few things you have than to always be struggling to get more.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good for a person to wait quietly\par for the Lord to save him.\par

Mark 13:34

This is like a man that goes on a trip and leaves his house. The man lets his servants take care of the house. He gives each servant a special job to do. One servant has the work of guarding the door. The man tells this servant to always be ready. This is the same as I am now telling you.

Acts 18:3

They were tentmakers, the same as Paul. So Paul stayed with them and worked with them.

Acts 20:35

I always showed you that you should work like I did and help people that are weak. I taught you to remember the words of the Lord Jesus. Jesus said, ‘You will be happier when you give than when you receive.’”

Romans 12:11

Don’t be lazy when you need to be working for the Lord. Be spiritually excited about serving him.

Romans 15:20

I always want to tell the Good News in places where people have never heard of Christ. I do this because I don’t want to build on the work that another person has already started.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands \{to feed ourselves\}. People curse us, but we speak a blessing for them. People persecute {\cf2\super [26]} us, and we accept it.

2 Corinthians 5:9

Our only goal is to please God. We want to please him when we are living here \{in our body\} or there \{with the Lord\}.

Ephesians 4:28

If a person is stealing, he must stop stealing. That person must start working. He must use his hands for doing something good. Then he will have something to share with those people who are poor.

1 Timothy 2:2

You should pray for kings and for all people who have authority (power). Pray for those leaders so that we can have quiet and peaceful lives—lives full of worship and respect for God.

1 Timothy 5:13

Also, those younger widows begin to waste their time going from house to house. They also begin to gossip and be busy with other people’s lives. They say things they should not say.

Titus 3:14

But I did not want to do anything without asking you first. Then the good thing you do for me will be because you want to do it, not because I forced you to do it.

1 Peter 3:4

No, your beauty should come from inside you—the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. That beauty will never disappear. It is worth very much to God.

1 Peter 4:15

Don’t be like a criminal or a person who kills, steals, or bothers other people. A person will suffer for doing those things. None of you should ever suffer like that.