Bible Verses about “minding your own business”
The Bible contains 24 verses about minding your own business across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.”
“Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.”
“So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.”
“One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.”
“Don't let him who eats despise him who doesn't eat. Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.”
“Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.”
“But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”
“For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"”
“For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.”
“One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.”
“He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.”
“For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.”
“For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.”
“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;”
“Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.”
“that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.”
“For each man will bear his own burden.”
“For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.”
“Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.”
“Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.”
“Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.”
“Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"”
“Jesus said to him, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me."”
“Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"”