11 and to aspire bto live quietly, and cto mind your own affairs, and dto work with your hands, as we instructed you,
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Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 25:8
do not hastily bring into court,
for what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
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.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
Acts 18:3
and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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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