45 Bible Verses about Servants, Working Conditions Of

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Leviticus 25:39-40

And when thy brother shall be poor with thee, and he was sold to thee, thou shalt not serve upon him the service of a servant. As the hireling, as the sojourner, he shall be with thee; till the year of jubilee he shall serve with thee;

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

Thou shalt not oppress the poor and needy hireling from thy brethren, or from thy stranger which is in thy land in thy gates. In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.

Genesis 29:15

And Laban will say to Jacob, Because thou art my brother shalt thou serve me gratuitously? announce to me what thy reward.

Numbers 18:29-31

From all your gifts ye shall lift up all the offerings of Jehovah, from all its fat consecrated from it And say to them, In your offering its fat from it, and it was reckoned to the Levites as the produce of the threshing-floor, and as the produce of the wine-press. And ye ate it in every place, ye and your house; for it is the reward to you for your service in the tent of appointment

1 Kings 5:6

And now command and they shall cut for me cedars from Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and the hire of thy servants will I give to thee according to all which thou shalt say: for thou knewest that not among us a man knowing to cut wood as the Sidonians.

Job 7:1-2

Is there not warfare to man upon the earth, and his days as the days of a hireling? As the servant will gape for the shadow, and as the hireling will wait for his work:

Jeremiah 22:13

Wo to him building his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment; by his neighbor he will work gratuitously, and he will give him not for his work;

Matthew 20:4

And he says to them, Retire ye also into the vineyard, and whatever should be just I will give you: and they departed.

Romans 4:4

And to him working, the reward is not reckoned according to favor, but according to debt.

Exodus 2:23-24

And it will be in these many days, and the king of Egypt will die: and the sons of Israel will groan, from the work; and they will cry out, and their supplication will go up to God from the work. And God will hear their groaning, and God will remember his covenant with Abraham, with Isaak and with Jacob.

Job 24:10-11

They caused the naked to go without clothing, and from the hungry they took away the sheaf; Between their walls they will press out oil; they trod their wine-presses, and they will thirst

Malachi 3:5

And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.

Luke 1:38

And Mary said Behold the servant of the Lord; may it be to me according to thy word. And the messenger departed from her.

1 Corinthians 16:15

And I beseech you brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and they arranged themselves for service to the holy ones,)

Ephesians 6:5-6

Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; Not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul:

Colossians 3:22-24

Servants, listen ye in all things to lords according to the flesh; not in eyeservice as pleasing men; but in simplicity of heart, fearing God: And all, whatever ye do, work ye from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to men; Knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Titus 2:9-10

Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting; Not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the doctrine of the Saviour our God in all things.

1 Timothy 5:17-18

Let the elders having presided well be deemed worthy of double honour, chiefly they being wearied in word and doctrine. For the writing says, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox grinding. And, The laborer worthy of his hire.

Luke 10:7

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things of them: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

1 Corinthians 9:7-11

Who makes war at any time at his own charges who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock? Not according to man do I speak these things: or does not the law also say these things? For in the law of Moses has been written, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox grinding. Is there not care to God for oxen?read more.
Or does he say altogether on account of us? For it was written on account of us: that he ploughing ought to plough upon hope; and he grinding upon hope, to participate with his hope. If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it great if we shall reap your carnal things?

Job 34:10-11

For this, ye men of heart, hear to me: far be it to God from doing evil; and the Almighty from iniquity. For the work of man shall he recompense to him, and a man shall find himself according to his way.

Matthew 6:3-4

But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right does: That thine alms might be in secret; and thy Father, who seeing in secret, shall give back to thee openly.

John 4:36

And he reaping receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life: that he sowing might rejoice together and he reaping.

Hosea 9:1

Thou shalt not rejoice, O Israel; exult not as the peoples: for thou didst commit fornication from thy God; thou didst love a gift upon all the threshing-floors of grain.

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