What does God say about not working? For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to...
Bible Verses About Money Topics This will not be a comprehensive list, because there are too many verses on each topic to make this article useful. Instead, I have listed my favorite three verses from each topic and will be including more comprehensive followup articles. Investing Proverbs 15:...
1 Timothy 5:13-15, “Besides that, [younger widows] learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversa...
13And 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. 14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to spe...
Verses 1-11 David, ever the faithful man of God, models goodness and righteousness in the wake of Saul’s death. Despite Saul’s waywardness, David still honors the men that properly buried Saul: “So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “You are ble...
Some had bags that were empty, and they were not helping, just being busybodies, getting in the way of the ones who were working, but they could not stop the workers who were working from accomplishing the work of carrying the bags, even if they tried to…those working just kept right ...
we would give you this command:If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.11For we hear that some among youwalk in idleness, not busy at work, butbusybodies.12Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own li...
11We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.12Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christto settle down and earn the food they eat.13And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good. ...
Close relatives, as described in verses 2-3 were exempt from this prohibition, but restrictions for the high priest made even this forbidden (vv. 11-12). Leviticus 21:5 Cut their flesh: the pagan custom of defiling their body as a sign of mourning was not to be tolerated ...
13 Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to. 14 So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to...