1 Thessalonians 4:11 - New Revised Standard Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you,

American Standard Version (1901)

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

Common English Bible

Aim to live quietly, mind your own business, and earn your own living, just as I told you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 17:1

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

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil, and a chasing after wind.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Mark 13:34

It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.

Acts 18:3

and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.

Acts 20:35

In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Romans 12:11

Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Romans 15:20

Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the good news, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else's foundation,

1 Corinthians 4:12

and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

2 Corinthians 5:9

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

Ephesians 4:28

Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house; and they are not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.

Titus 3:14

And let people learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.

1 Peter 3:4

rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God's sight.

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.