2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

Acts 18:3

and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.

Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

1 Corinthians 4:12

and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.

Ephesians 4:28

He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

2 Thessalonians 3:8

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Eat

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Proverbs 31:27

Matthew 6:11

But

1 Thessalonians 4:11

General references

Deuteronomy 2:6

Psalm 104:23

Ecclesiastes 3:10

Bible References

Eat

Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.

‘Give us this day our daily bread.

But

and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

General references

You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.

Man goes forth to his work
And to his labor until evening.

I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.