11 Bible Verses about Minding Your Own Business

to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight.

Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.