2 Thessalonians 3:8
And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
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Genesis 14:23
That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:
2 Kings 5:16
But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
2 Kings 5:26
And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
Ecclesiastes 3:3
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
2 Corinthians 11:11
Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.
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Genesis 31:40
This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
Psalms 127:2
It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
Proverbs 31:18
She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.
Matthew 25:3
For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.
Matthew 25:4
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.
Matthew 25:5
Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
Matthew 25:6
But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
Matthew 25:7
Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights.
Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.
Matthew 25:9
But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.
Matthew 25:10
And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.
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Exodus 18:20
Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.
Deuteronomy 1:18
And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.
Isaiah 62:1
Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
Isaiah 62:6
I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
Isaiah 62:7
And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.
Ezekiel 3:17
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
Mark 13:34
It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.
1 Timothy 5:13
And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.
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Numbers 10:7
But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.
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Numbers 20:19
And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.
Deuteronomy 2:6
You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking.
Deuteronomy 2:28
Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;
Deuteronomy 2:29
As the children of Esau did for me in Seir and the Moabites in Ar; till I have gone over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us.
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2 Kings 4:7
So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.
2 Kings 6:1
Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care;
2 Kings 6:3
And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
2 Kings 6:4
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
2 Kings 6:5
But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
2 Kings 6:6
And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.
2 Kings 6:7
Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.
Psalms 37:21
The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
Matthew 4:18
And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 4:19
And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Matthew 4:20
And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
Luke 5:10
And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.
Luke 5:11
And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.
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Nehemiah 5:14
Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.
Mark 6:3
Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.
1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
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Psalms 7:4
If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
Psalms 25:3
Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.
Psalms 69:4
Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.
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Psalms 119:61
The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.
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Psalms 128:2
You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
Proverbs 12:11
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
Proverbs 13:23
There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 27:27
There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
Proverbs 28:19
By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
Romans 12:11
Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
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Judges 19:16
Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
2 Samuel 9:7
And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.
Psalms 104:23
Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 3:10
I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day bread for our needs.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Keep on with your prayers.
1 Timothy 6:6
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
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Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
Proverbs 16:26
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
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Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
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Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.
John 13:18
I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
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Acts 8:3
But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.
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Acts 20:5
But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
Acts 20:6
And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.
Acts 20:8
And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.
Acts 20:9
And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.
Acts 20:10
And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.
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Matthew 7:12
All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 17:27
But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.
1 Corinthians 11:1
So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
2 Corinthians 11:28
In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.
Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
1 Peter 5:3
Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
3 John 1:7
For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
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Acts 20:18
And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,
Acts 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Romans 15:1
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
1 Corinthians 9:17
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.
Philippians 4:10
But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
Titus 2:7
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
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2 Corinthians 11:12
But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.
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Acts 17:3
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
Acts 17:4
And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.
Acts 18:1
After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Acts 18:2
And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;
Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
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2 Corinthians 10:15
Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.
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Matthew 10:10
Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.
John 5:17
But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.
Romans 16:12
Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:16
That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.
Philippians 4:3
And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.
Colossians 1:29
And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.
Colossians 4:14
Luke, our well-loved medical friend, and Demas, send you their love.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;
Hebrews 6:10
For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
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Acts 26:7
For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!
1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.
Revelation 7:15
This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.
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Revelation 21:6
And he said to me, It is done. I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. I will freely give of the fountain of the water of life to him who is in need.
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Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
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