10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.
Genesis 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it ... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:19 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:19
Proverbs 19:15 - Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry. Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:15 Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:15
Genesis 47:3 - Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” “Your servants are shepherds,” they repl... Click to read the verse Genesis 47:3 Click to read the verse Genesis 47:3
Proverbs 13:25 - The righteous eat to their hearts’ content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry. Click to read the verse Proverbs 13:25 Click to read the verse Proverbs 13:25
Proverbs 13:4 - The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Click to read the verse Proverbs 13:4 Click to read the verse Proverbs 13:4
Genesis 47:22 - However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from... Click to read the verse Genesis 47:22 Click to read the verse Genesis 47:22
Proverbs 20:4 - A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing. Click to read the verse Proverbs 20:4 Click to read the verse Proverbs 20:4
1 Thessalonians 4:2 - For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:2 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:2
Proverbs 21:25 - The sluggard’s craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. Click to read the verse Proverbs 21:25 Click to read the verse Proverbs 21:25
Judges 19:16 - That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was living in Gibeah (the men of ... Click to read the verse Judges 19:16 Click to read the verse Judges 19:16
Luke 24:44 - He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfil... Click to read the verse Luke 24:44 Click to read the verse Luke 24:44
Matthew 11:1 - Jesus and John the Baptist After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went o... Click to read the verse Matthew 11:1 Click to read the verse Matthew 11:1
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your han... Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:11 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:11
Proverbs 24:30-34 - I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; Click to read the verse Proverbs 24:30-34 Click to read the verse Proverbs 24:30-34
Proverbs 20:13 - Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare. Click to read the verse Proverbs 20:13 Click to read the verse Proverbs 20:13
John 16:4 - I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did no... Click to read the verse John 16:4 Click to read the verse John 16:4
1 Thessalonians 3:4 - In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned ... Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 3:4 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 3:4
Acts 20:18 - When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from t... Click to read the verse Acts 20:18 Click to read the verse Acts 20:18
2 Thessalonians 2:5 - Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? Click to read the verse 2 Thessalonians 2:5 Click to read the verse 2 Thessalonians 2:5