Bible verses about "employers" | Sawyer

¹⁰ And those who came first supposed that they should receive more. And they also received a denarius [14 cents] each; ¹¹ and when they had received it, they complained of the householder, ¹² saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day. ¹³ But he answered and said to one of them, Neighbor, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius [14 cents]? ¹⁴ Take what belongs to you, and go, for I will give to the last even as to you. ¹⁵ Is it not right for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?

⁷ And in the same house remain, eating and drinking the things with them; for the laborer is worthy of his reward. Go not about from house to house.

^{1 (9:3)} Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God. ² So that he who resists the power resists the ordinance of God; and those who resist shall receive judgment on themselves. ³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Will you not fear the power? Do good, and you shall have praise from it; ⁴ for [the power] is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister of justice for punishment to him that does evil. ⁵ Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only on account of punishment, but also on account of conscience. ^{6 (9:4)} For on this account also you pay taxes; for [magistrates] are servants of God attending constantly to this same thing. ⁷ Pay to all their dues; a tax to whom a tax is due, a toll to whom a toll is due, fear to whom fear, and honor to whom honor. ⁸ Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law. ⁹ For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended in this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ¹⁰ Love does no evil to a neighbor; love therefore is the sum of the law. ¹¹ And [do] this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour that we should be waked from sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far advanced, and the day is at hand; let us lay aside therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy; ¹⁴ but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.

⁴ for [the power] is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister of justice for punishment to him that does evil.

¹⁸ For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes; and, The laborer is worthy of his reward.

⁵ You have lived in luxury on the earth and in pleasure, you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

²² Servants, obey in all things masters according to the flesh, not with eye service, as those pleasing men, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

⁸ And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹ And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

⁴ But to one that works the reward is not accounted by grace but by debt.

^{18 (2:3)} Let servants be subject with all fear to masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the perverse. ¹⁹ For this deserves thanks, if on account of a knowledge of God one endures pain, suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what glory is it if when you sin and are punished you bear it patiently? But if you do well and suffer and bear it patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is acceptable to God.

⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, kept back by you, cry, and the loud calls of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

²³ And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men;

¹ Masters, render to your servants what is just and equal, knowing also that you have a master in heaven.