Idle Hands

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

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. — read the full passage →

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

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

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; — read the full passage →

But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; — read the full passage →

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: — read the full passage →

of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you; — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come. — read the full passage →

And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen. — read the full passage →

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. — read the full passage →

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;