Thematic Bible: Support of

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us. Verse Concepts

For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit. Verse Concepts

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep. Verse Concepts

For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord. Verse Concepts

The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away. Verse Concepts

But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood. Verse Concepts

Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart: Verse Concepts

And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers. Verse Concepts

For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God. Verse Concepts

You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me. Verse Concepts

And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you: Verse Concepts

And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him, Verse Concepts

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect. Verse Concepts

For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward. Verse Concepts

Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food. Verse Concepts

Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news. Verse Concepts

But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher. Verse Concepts

But you did well to have care for me in my need. Verse Concepts

And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain. Verse Concepts

So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do. Verse Concepts

Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place; Verse Concepts

In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food; Verse Concepts

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death. Verse Concepts

So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us. Verse Concepts