14 Bible Verses about Employers
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If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.
Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.
Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.
Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.
what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
You masters, do the same things to them. Do not threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Soldiers also asked him: What must we do? And he said: Do not take money from any one by force. Never falsely accuse any one wrongfully and be content with your wages.
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Business life » Employers » good examples
I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household; and that they may remain in the righteous and just way of Jehovah. Jehovah will bring to Abraham what he told him.
He was a devout man who respected God with his entire household. He gave many gifts of mercy to the people and prayed to God always.
If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve Jehovah.'
A centurion's servant, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and at the point of death.
Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes.
Business life » Employers » Good
I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household; and that they may remain in the righteous and just way of Jehovah. Jehovah will bring to Abraham what he told him.
He was a devout man who respected God with his entire household. He gave many gifts of mercy to the people and prayed to God always.
If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve Jehovah.'
A centurion's servant, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and at the point of death.
Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes.
Business life » Employers » bad examples
Your servant is in your hands, Abram said. Do with her whatever you think best. Then Sarai mistreated Hagar. So she ran away from her.
Yet he has cheated me. He changed my wages ten times. However, God did not let him harm me.
and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,
Who is your master? Where are you from? David asked. I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite, he answered. My master left me behind three days ago when I got sick.
Business life » Employers » Bad
Your servant is in your hands, Abram said. Do with her whatever you think best. Then Sarai mistreated Hagar. So she ran away from her.
Yet he has cheated me. He changed my wages ten times. However, God did not let him harm me.
and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,
Who is your master? Where are you from? David asked. I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite, he answered. My master left me behind three days ago when I got sick.
Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.
Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.
Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.
Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.
Business life » Employers » Failing to pay a living wage
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Soldiers also asked him: What must we do? And he said: Do not take money from any one by force. Never falsely accuse any one wrongfully and be content with your wages.
Business life » Employers » Exacting service with wages
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.
Business life » Employers » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Business life » Employers » Refraining from threats
You masters, do the same things to them. Do not threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.
Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
Business life » Employers » Fraudulent withholding of wages
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.
Employers » Duties of » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Employers » Duties of » Refraining from threats
You masters, do the same things to them. Do not threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.
Employers » Duties of » Consideration for employees
If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
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Employers, Bad Examples
Genesis 16:6Your servant is in your hands, Abram said. Do with her whatever you think best. Then Sarai mistreated Hagar. So she ran away from her.
Employers, Good Examples
Genesis 18:19I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household; and that they may remain in the righteous and just way of Jehovah. Jehovah will bring to Abraham what he told him.
