2 Thessalonians 3:8

We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

Acts 18:3

and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Brothers, you remember our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not become a burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks discretely to the affairs of her household, and she is never lazy.

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread,

Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who were with me.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We wear ourselves out from working with our own hands. When insulted, we bless. When persecuted, we endure.

2 Corinthians 11:9

When I was with you and needed something, I did not bother any of you, because our brothers who came from Macedonia supplied everything I needed. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

Ephesians 4:28

The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,

2 Thessalonians 3:12

We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

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Summary

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Bible References

Eat

2 Thessalonians 3:12
We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
Proverbs 31:27
She looks discretely to the affairs of her household, and she is never lazy.
Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread,

But

Acts 18:3
and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who were with me.
1 Corinthians 4:12
We wear ourselves out from working with our own hands. When insulted, we bless. When persecuted, we endure.
2 Corinthians 11:9
When I was with you and needed something, I did not bother any of you, because our brothers who came from Macedonia supplied everything I needed. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,

General references

Deuteronomy 2:6
You may buy food to eat and water to drink from them, paying with cash."'
Psalm 104:23
People go out to their work and labor until evening.
Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have observed the burdens placed by God on human beings in order to perfect them.

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