2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
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2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
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Genesis 1:29
And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
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Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.
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Genesis 46:33
Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?
Genesis 46:34
You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.
Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.
Amos 7:14
Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:
Amos 7:15
And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
Jonah 1:8
Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?
Zechariah 13:5
But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.
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Exodus 5:17
But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.
Matthew 26:8
But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
John 12:6
(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
John 13:29
Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.
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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.
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Deuteronomy 28:48
For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.
Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.
Proverbs 13:25
The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
Isaiah 65:13
For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:
Isaiah 65:14
My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
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Job 28:28
And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
Psalms 14:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
Psalms 144:15
Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Proverbs 3:19
The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
Matthew 11:1
And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end of giving these orders to his twelve disciples, he went away from there, teaching and preaching in their towns.
John 15:10
If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
Acts 1:2
Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:
Acts 10:42
And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.
1 Timothy 6:14
To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Proverbs 10:10
He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.
Ecclesiastes 5:3
As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
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Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
Proverbs 6:9
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Proverbs 10:5
He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
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 19:24
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
Proverbs 24:27
Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
Proverbs 27:23
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
Proverbs 30:24
There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:
Ecclesiastes 10:18
When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
Matthew 25:26
But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
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.
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Ecclesiastes 1:3
What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
Ecclesiastes 3:13
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
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Isaiah 30:7
For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.
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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.
Ezekiel 18:4
See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.
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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.
Psalms 37:21
The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
Luke 12:29
And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.
Acts 2:44
And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;
Acts 17:5
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
Romans 12:17
Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
Romans 13:8
Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
2 Corinthians 8:2
How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.
Galatians 5:21
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 4:25
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
Philippians 4:6
Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
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 2:14
For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;
1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;
Titus 3:14
And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.
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Acts 19:8
And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.
Acts 19:9
But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.
Acts 19:10
And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.
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1 Corinthians 7:6
But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 7:20
Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.
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1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
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.
1 Corinthians 11:17
But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.
1 Corinthians 11:22
What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
2 Thessalonians 2:15
So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.
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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.
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Luke 24:44
And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
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 20:27
For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
Acts 20:33
I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
1 Corinthians 11:21
For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.
1 Corinthians 11:23
For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,
1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,
Colossians 2:6
As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;
1 Thessalonians 2:11
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.
Hebrews 13:16
But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.
2 Peter 1:15
And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
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2 Corinthians 2:6
Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;
2 Thessalonians 3:14
And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
1 Timothy 5:1
Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:
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