Bible Quotes About Employer

“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”

“Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.”

“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.”

“Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:”

“At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. setteth: Heb. lifteth his soul unto it”

“If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;”

“What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?”

“Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? did not one: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?”

“He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.”

“He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.”

“Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;”

“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. oppress: or, defraud”

“Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. staves: Gr. a staff”

“For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.”

“And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. penny: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents”

“And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,”

“And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.”

“Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.”

“And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?”

“They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.”

“So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.”

“And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.”

“But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.”

“And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,”

“Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. have wrought: or, have continued one hour only”

“But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?”

“Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.”

“Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?”

“And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.”

“Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.”

“And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. forbearing: or, moderating your: some read, both your and their Master”

“Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.”

“For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;”

“Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?”

“Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.”

“Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.”