2 Thessalonians 3:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:1

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

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread;

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;

2 Thessalonians 3:8

we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way.