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

As a man from home - having left his house, and given his servants the authority, to each one, his work, - and, unto the porter, hath given command, that he should watch: -

And the Lord said - Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat?

For, just as in one body we have many members, yet, all the members, have not the same office,

Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, - not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, -

We hear, in fact, of some who are walking among you in a disorderly way, at nothing, working, yet too busily working!

At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies, - saying the things they ought not,

That they may constrain the young women to be, lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

Each one, according as he hath received a gift of favour, unto one another, ministering the same, as careful stewards of the manifold favour of God:

General references

She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat.

And Egypt shall have nothing which can be don Which head or tail palm-top or rush, can do!