2 Thessalonians 3:8

New King James Version

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,

Cross References

2 Kings 6:2

Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam from there, and let us make there a place where we may dwell.” So he answered, “Go.”

Nehemiah 5:18

Now that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine. Yet in spite of this I did not demand the governor’s provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.

Matthew 6:11

Give us this day our daily bread.

Acts 18:3

So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.

Acts 20:34

Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

1 Corinthians 4:12

And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

1 Corinthians 9:4

Do we have no right to eat and drink?

2 Corinthians 11:27

in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—

2 Corinthians 11:9

And when I was present with you, and in need, I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.

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 2:9

For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of 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 3:12

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