11 and to aspire to live oquietly, and to pmind your own affairs, and to qwork with your hands, as we instructed you,
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2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
1 Timothy 2:2
for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
Proverbs 26:17
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
1 Timothy 5:13
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
1 Corinthians 4:12
and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
Ephesians 4:28
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
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