2 Thessalonians 3:8
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];
Acts 18:3
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and they worked together for they were tent-makers.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember,
Proverbs 31:27
She looks well to how things go in her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
Matthew 6:11
Acts 20:34
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 4:12
We work [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When we are reviled and verbally abused, we bless. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure.
2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was with you and ran short [financially], I did not burden any of you; for what I needed was fully supplied by the brothers (Silas and Timothy) who came from Macedonia (the church at Philippi). So I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
Ephesians 4:28
The thief [who has become a believer] must no longer steal, but instead he must work hard [making an honest living], producing that which is good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with those in need.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to make it your ambition to live quietly and peacefully, and to mind your own affairs and work with your hands, just as we directed you,
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now such people we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work quietly and earn their own food and other necessities [supporting themselves instead of depending on the hospitality of others].
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She looks well to how things go in her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
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Man goes out to his work
And remains at his labor until evening.