Bible verses about "employers" | Lamsa

¹⁰ But when the first ones came, they expected to receive more; but they also got each one a penny. ¹¹ And when they received it, they murmured against the householder, ¹² Saying, These last ones have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal with us who have borne the weight of the day and its heat. ¹³ He answered and said to one of them, My friend, I am not doing you an injustice; did you not bargain with me for a penny? ¹⁴ Take what is yours and go away; I wish to give to this last one the same as to you. ¹⁵ Have I no right to do what I wish with mine own? Or are you jealous because I am generous?

⁷ Remain in that house, eating and drinking of what they have; for a laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.

¹ LET every soul be subject to the sover eign authorities. For there is no power which is not from God: and those who are in authority are ordained by God. ² Whoever therefore resists the civil authority, resists the command of God: and they that resist, shall receive judgment to themselves. ³ For judges are not a menace to good works, but to evil. Now if you do not wish to be afraid of the authority, then do good, and you will be praised for it. ⁴ For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is wrong, be afraid; for he is not girded with the sword in vain; for he is the minister of God, and an avenger of wrath upon those who commit crime. ⁵ Wherefore, we must be obedient, not only in fear of wrath, but also for our conscience sake. ⁶ For, for this reason you pay head tax also: for they are ministers of God who are in charge of these things. ⁷ Render therefore, to every one as is due to him: head tax to him who is in charge of head tax, duty to him who is in charge of custom; reverence to whom reverence is due, and honor to whom honor is due. ⁸ Owe no man anything, but love one another: for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law, ⁹ Which says, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is fulfilled in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁰ Love does not work evil to his neighbor because love is the fulfillment of the law. ¹¹ Know this also, that now is the time and the hour that we should awake from our sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk decently, as in the daylight; not in clamor and drunkenness, not in the practice of immorality, not in envy and strife. ¹⁴ But clothe yourselves with our LORD Jesus Christ, and take no heed for the lusts of the flesh.

⁴ For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is wrong, be afraid; for he is not girded with the sword in vain; for he is the minister of God, and an avenger of wrath upon those who commit crime.

¹⁸ For the scripture says: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that thresheth. And again, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

⁵ For you have had your luxuries on earth and have been greedy; you have fed your bodies as for the day of slaughter.

²² Servants, obey your human masters in all things, not with eyeservice, as men pleasers; but with a sincere heart, in fear of the LORD.

⁸ But, if any man does not provide for his own, and especially for those who are of his own household who are of the faith, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹ Also, masters, do the same things for your servants, forgiving their faults, because you also have your own Master in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him.

⁴ But to him who works, wages are not considered as a favor but as that which is due to him.

¹⁸ And the servants among you, let them be submissive to their masters with due respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are severe and difficult. ¹⁹ For such men have favor before God; because of a good conscience they endure sorrows which come upon them unjustly. ²⁰ What praise have they who endure suffering because of their faults? But when you do good, and are made to suffer, and you take it patiently, then your glory is greater with God.

⁴ Behold, the wage of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, that which you have fraudulently kept back, cries: and the cry of the reapers has already entered into the ears of the LORD of sabaoth.

²³ And whatever you do, do it with your whole soul, as to our LORD and not unto men;

¹ MASTERS, do to your servants that which is just and fair; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.