1 Peter 4:15

Good News Translation (US Version)

If you suffer, it must not be because you are a murderer or a thief or a criminal or a meddler in other people's affairs.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We say this because we hear that there are some people among you who live lazy lives and who do nothing except meddle in other people's business.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to earn your own living, just as we told you before.

1 Timothy 5:13

They also learn to waste their time in going around from house to house; but even worse, they learn to be gossips and busybodies, talking of things they should not.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if this should be God's will, than for doing evil.

2 Timothy 2:9

Because I preach the Good News, I suffer and I am even chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not in chains,

Matthew 5:11

“Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.

Exodus 22:2

He must pay for what he stole. If he owns nothing, he shall be sold as a slave to pay for what he has stolen. If the stolen animal, whether a cow, a donkey, or a sheep, is found alive in his possession, he shall pay two for one. “If a thief is caught breaking into a house at night and is killed, the one who killed him is not guilty of murder. But if it happens during the day, he is guilty of murder.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, how happy you are! Do not be afraid of anyone, and do not worry.