Job 7:2

I'm like a servant who longs for the shade, like a hired laborer who is looking for his wages.

Leviticus 19:13

"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.

Jeremiah 6:4

Prepare for war against her. Get ready, let's attack at noon! How terrible for us that the day is coming to an end, and that the evening shadows are lengthening.

Deuteronomy 24:15

Pay his wages that same day before the sun sets, because he is poor and his livelihood depends on it. Otherwise, he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will incur guilt."

Psalm 119:131

I open my mouth and pant as I long for your commands.

Psalm 143:6

I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude

Malachi 3:5

"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

James 5:4

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

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 open my mouth and pant as I long for your commands.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude

The shadow

Jeremiah 6:4
Prepare for war against her. Get ready, let's attack at noon! How terrible for us that the day is coming to an end, and that the evening shadows are lengthening.

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