2 Thessalonians 3:12

New King James Version

Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

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

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

Luke 11:3

Give us day by day our daily bread.

Ephesians 4:28

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

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;

1 Thessalonians 4:11

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

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.