1 Thessalonians 4:11
to study your own quiet, to mind your own affairs, and follow some handicraft trade, as we recommended it to you:
Ephesians 4:28
let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let him labour, to encrease his fortune with his own hands, that he may have wherewithal to relieve the needy:
1 Peter 4:15
take care therefore not to suffer upon the account of homicide, or thievery, or for any criminal, or pragmatical practices.
Luke 12:42-43
Jesus answered, if there be a faithful prudent steward, appointed by his master to give his domesticks their stated allowance; happy is such a servant,
1 Peter 3:4
but in the internal qualities of the mind, in that purity, in that mild and dispassionate temper, which is so acceptable to the divine being.
Mark 13:34
when a man travels into foreign parts, he leaves his goods in charge to his servants, he appoints to every one his task, and orders the porter to be vigilant,
Acts 18:3
and being of the same trade, he liv'd with them, and follow'd the business of tent-making. every sabbath he disputed in the synagogue,
Acts 20:35
my constant example has shown you that the disabled should be assisted by your labours, remembring the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, "it is a greater happiness to give than to receive."
Romans 12:4-8
for as there are many members in one and the same body, but all the members have not the same office:
Romans 12:11
in business be not slothful, but of an active mind, making the best use of every incident.
Romans 15:20
I have effectually preached the gospel of Christ: yet so as studiously to avoid preaching it where Christ was owned, lest I should build upon another man's foundation; for,
1 Corinthians 4:12
we are fatigu'd by our manual toil: when reviled, we pray: when persecuted, we don't repine:
2 Corinthians 5:9
wherefore I studiously endeavour, whether staying in it, or departing out of it, to be acceptable to him.
Colossians 3:22-24
servants, be entirely obedient to those, whom the laws have made your masters, and not meerly out of regard to their observation, as designing only to please men, but from a principle of integrity, as fearing God:
2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
for you know what an example we have given for your imitation: that our conduct among you was regular:
1 Timothy 2:2
for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in the practice of all piety and virtue;
1 Timothy 5:13
besides, having nothing to do, they get the habit of rambling from one house to another, and are not only idling, but prattle and intermeddle, and utter what is not decent.
Titus 2:4-10
but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands,
Titus 3:14
Let our brethren too learn some honest profession to supply their occasions, that they may not be destitute of an income.
1 Peter 4:10-11
as good economists of the different dispensations of God, communicate to one another the gifts you have receiv'd.