2 Kings 6:2

Please let us go to the Jordan [River] and let each man take from there a beam [for the building]; and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live.” And he answered, “Go.”

John 21:3

Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said, “And we are coming with you.” So they went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.

Acts 18:3

and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and they worked together for they were tent-makers.

Acts 20:34-35

You know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs [working in manual labor] and to [those of] the people who were with me.

1 Corinthians 9:6

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to stop doing manual labor [in order to support our ministry]?

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you remember, believers, our labor and hardship. We worked night and day [practicing our trade] in order not to be a [financial] burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we worked night and day [to pay our own way] so that we would not be a financial burden on any of you [for our support];

1 Timothy 6:6

But godliness actually is a source of great gain when accompanied by contentment [that contentment which comes from a sense of inner confidence based on the sufficiency of God].

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