8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Thess 4:11 — And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• 2Thess 3:12 — Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
• Eccl 2:22 — For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
• Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Prov 15:6 — In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
• Prov 15:16 — Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
• Prov 16:8 — Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
• Prov 17:1 — Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
• Ps 37:16 — A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
• Ps 37:16 — A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.