1 Thessalonians 4:11

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you;

Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Mark 13:34

*It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

Acts 18:3

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

Acts 20:35

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Yeshua, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'*

Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Romans 15:20

yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Messiah was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

2 Corinthians 5:9

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Titus 3:14

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

1 Peter 3:4

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

1 Peter 4:15

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.