29 Bible Verses about Servants, Working Conditions Of

And you masters, act towards your slaves on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know that in Heaven there is One who is your Master as well as theirs, and that merely earthly distinctions there are none with Him.

To these also he said, "'You also, go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.'

But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;

Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves, knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven.

For even when we were with you, we laid down this rule for you: "If a man does not choose to work, neither shall he eat."

I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven.

just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."

Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men.

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,

"I am the Lord's maidservant," Mary replied; "may it be with me in accordance with your words!" And then the angel left her.

various forms of official service, and yet one and the same Lord;

And I beseech you, brethren--you know the household of Stephanas, how they were the earliest Greek converts to Christ, and have devoted themselves to the service of God's people--

in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

For you know that it is from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. Christ is the Master whose bondservants you are.

Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ. Let it not be in acts of eye-service as if you had but to please men, but as Christ's bondservants who are doing God's will from the heart.

Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord. Whatever you are doing, let your hearts be in your work, as a thing done for the Lord and not for men. For you know that it is from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. Christ is the Master whose bondservants you are.

Exhort slaves to be always obedient to their owners, and to give them satisfaction in everything, not contradicting and not pilfering, but manifesting perfect fidelity and kind feeling, in order to bring honour to the teaching of our Saviour, God, in all things.

Let the Elders who perform their duties wisely and well be held worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, "You are not to muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain;" and the workman deserves his pay.

And in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table; for the labourer deserves his wages. Do not move from one house to another.

What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk? Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone? For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."read more.
Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result. If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?

But let those who receive instruction in Christian truth share with their instructors all temporal blessings.

You well know that whatever right thing any one does, he will receive a requital for it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free man.

But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand perceive what your right hand is doing, that your charities may be in secret; and then your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.

"'Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' his master replied; 'you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'

The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.

From this time onward there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who love the thought of His Appearing.

For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Forsaking the straight road, they have gone astray, having eagerly followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was bent on securing the wages of unrighteousness.