Job 7:2

As a slave earnestly desires the shade and as a hireling waits for rest from his work,

Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him. Do not detain the wages of the work of the hired man in thy house until the morning.

Jeremiah 6:4

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up towards the south. Woe unto us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Deuteronomy 24:15

In his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor and with it sustains his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

Psalm 119:131

I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

Psalm 143:6

I stretched forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsted after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near unto you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, said the LORD of the hosts.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your fields (which you have kept back by fraud) cries out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of the hosts.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Earnestly desireth

The shadow

Bible References

Earnestly desireth

Psalm 119:131
I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
Psalm 143:6
I stretched forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsted after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

The shadow

Jeremiah 6:4
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up towards the south. Woe unto us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.