11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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14 And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

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For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

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26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

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17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

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13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

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For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

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:

Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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