5603 wages
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Payment by an employer for work done; all labourers should be paid fairly and regularly.

Laws relating to wages

Payment should be made regularly

Deuteronomy 24:14-15 See also Leviticus 19:13

Regular rates of pay

Leviticus 25:50; Mark 6:37 pp John 6:7; Mark 14:5 pp John 12:5

Labourers should not be defrauded

Malachi 3:5; James 5:4 See also Jeremiah 22:13

A fair wage should be paid

Matthew 20:2-4 A normal day's pay for a labourer in NT times was one denarius. See also Colossians 4:1

A fair day's work should be done

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 See also Ephesians 6:7-8; Colossians 3:23

Labourers should be content with a fair wage

Luke 3:14

Wage earners suffer in times of trouble

Egypt under judgment

Isaiah 19:10

Jerusalem under judgment

Haggai 1:6 See also Zechariah 8:10

The world under judgment

Revelation 6:6

The example of Jacob as a wage earner

Hosea 12:12 See also Genesis 29:15 He agreed his wages beforehand; Genesis 29:18 He was paid in kind; Genesis 29:25-27 He was cheated by Laban; Genesis 30:28-34 He makes an arrangement he can turn to advantage; Genesis 31:6-7 He accuses Laban of dishonesty; Genesis 31:8-9 He protests his own honesty; Genesis 31:38-42 He looks back on his experience.

The wages of God's servants

The Levites

Numbers 18:30-31; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:10-13

Temple workers

1 Kings 5:6; 2 Kings 12:11-15; Kings 22:3-7 pp 2 Chronicles 34:8-11; 2 Kings 22:9 pp 2 Chronicles 34:16-17

Zechariah's derisory pay

Zechariah 11:12-13; Matthew 27:3-10

Labourers in the parable of the workers in the vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16

Ministers of the gospel

1 Timothy 5:17-18 See also Deuteronomy 25:4; Luke 10:7; John 4:36-38; 1 Corinthians 9:7-14; Galatians 6:6

The apostle Paul

It was Paul's choice to work freely:

1 Corinthians 9:15; 2 Corinthians 11:7-9 Philippians 4:18 He expressed gratitude for gifts he received.

Spiritual lessons from wages

Life's rewards are hard-earned

Job 7:1-3; Galatians 6:7-10

The wages of sin

Romans 6:21-23 See also Job 15:31-32; Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 51:6; 2 Peter 2:13

The freeness of God's grace

Romans 4:4-5

The generosity of God

Matthew 20:9-16

The rewards of righteousness

Proverbs 10:16; Proverbs 11:18; Proverbs 31:31; Matthew 10:42 pp Mark 9:41; 1 Corinthians 3:14; Hebrews 6:10; 2Jn 8

See also

5094  Jacob
5253  cheating
5311  extortion
5318  fraud
5337  hiring
5498  reward
5628  work
7720  elders in the church
7724  evangelists
7939  ministry
8714  dishonesty
8790  oppression



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