2 Thessalonians 3:8

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

“You shall not steal.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there, where we may live.” He answered, “Go!”

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Give us today our daily bread.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

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

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.