Dictionary of Bible Themes Leviticus 19:13Laws relating to hiring See also Hired workers must be paid on time Deuteronomy 24:14-15James 5:4 Leviticus 25:50 Regular rates of pay must be established Leviticus 25:6,39-40,53Hired workers are to be treated with kindness Exodus 12:43-45Hired foreigners were excluded from the Passover Proverbs 26:10Hired workers must be carefully chosen Exodus 22:15Loss of a hired animal is covered by the price Genesis 30:16Various kinds of hiring A hired husband Deuteronomy 23:4See also A hired prophet Nehemiah 6:12-13; 13:2Jude 1:11 Judges 17:10; 18:4 A hired priest Judges 9:42 Samuel 10:6 Hired soldiers 2 Kings 7:61 Chronicles 19:6-7 2 Chronicles 25:6 Jeremiah 46:21 1 Samuel 2:5 No hired mercenary army was ever approved by the LORD (see 2Ch 25:7-10). Other hirings 2 Chronicles 24:12hirings for food Ezra 4:5masons and carpenters Isaiah 7:20counsellors Isaiah 23:17a razor, symbolising the judgment to be brought by the king of Assyria Isaiah 46:6prostitutes Mark 1:20goldsmiths fishermen Job 7:1-3Teachings illustrated by hired workers See also The brevity and hardness of life Job 14:6Matthew 20:1-15 Christian workers See also This parable teaches that believers should not serve in a mercenary spirit but recognise that God's reward is based upon grace. Luke 15:15-19The severity of the world and the kindness of God John 10:11-13The difference between hired and good shepherds See also 1 Peter 5:2See also 5212 arts and crafts5272 craftsmen 5311 extortion 5404 masters 5407 merchants 5433 occupations 5520 servants 5603 wages 5628 work 6720 redemption 8342 servanthood 8790 oppression |
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