45 Bible Verses about Servants, Working Conditions Of

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Leviticus 25:39-40

And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as a bondman. He shall be with thee as a hired servant, and as a sojourner. He shall serve with thee to the year of jubilee.

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

Thou shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brothers, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates. Thou shall give him his hire in his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee to LORD, and it be sin to thee.

Genesis 29:15

And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou are my brother, should thou therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Numbers 18:29-31

Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of LORD, of all the best of it, even the hallowed part of it out of it. Therefore thou shall say to them, When ye heave the best of it from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

1 Kings 5:6

Now therefore command thou that they cut for me cedar trees out of Lebanon. And my servants shall be with thy servants. And I will give thee wages for thy servants according to all that thou shall say, for thou know that there is n

Job 7:1-2

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling who looks for his wages,

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,

Matthew 20:4

And he said to those men, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right I will give you, and they went.

Romans 4:4

Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.

Genesis 31:7

And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

Exodus 2:23-24

And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Job 24:10-11

[so that] they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves. They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Luke 1:38

And Mary said, Behold the maid-servant of Lord. May it happen to me according to thy word. And the agent departed from her.

1 Corinthians 16:15

Now I beseech you, brothers (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruit of Achaia, and that they committed themselves to service for the sanctified),

Ephesians 6:5-6

Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ. Not according to eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

Colossians 3:22-24

Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God. And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Titus 2:9-10

Bondmen are to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not speaking contrary, not pilfering, but demonstrating all good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

1 Timothy 5:17-18

Let the elders who rule well be regarded worthy of double compensation, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. For the scripture says thou shall not muzzle an ox that is threshing. And the workman is worthy of his wage.

Luke 10:7

And remain in the same house eating and drinking from their things, for the workman is worthy of his wage. Do not depart from house to house.

1 Corinthians 9:7-11

Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock? Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things? For it is written in the law of Moses thou shall not muzzle an ox threshing grain. Is God concerned about oxen,read more.
or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share. If we sowed spiritual things to you, is it a great thing if we will reap your carnal things?

Job 34:10-11

Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding. Far be it from me to sin before LORD, and pervert righteousness before the Almighty. For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Matthew 6:3-4

But when thou do charity, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does, so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open.

John 4:36

And he who reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

Proverbs 11:18

A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.

Hosea 9:1

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy like the peoples, for thou have played the harlot, [departing] from thy God. Thou have loved hire upon every grain-floor.

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