Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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:
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Bible References
Eat
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.
Proverbs 31:27
She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread,
But
Acts 18:3
and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
1 Corinthians 4:12
We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,
2 Corinthians 11:9
When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.
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Deuteronomy 2:6
You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them.
Psalm 104:23
Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening.
Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.