1 Thessalonians 4:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

And to do

General references

Proverbs 31:27

Isaiah 19:15

Bible References

And to do

like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?

For just as we have many body-parts in one body, and all the body-parts have not the same function,

Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

For we hear of some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.

And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.

so that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

General references

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

Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.