Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5337 hiring Laws relating to hiring Hired workers must be paid on time Leviticus 19:13 See also Deuteronomy 24:14-15; James 5:4 Regular rates of pay must be established Hired workers are to be treated with kindness Leviticus 25:6,39-40,53 Hired foreigners were excluded from the Passover Hired workers must be carefully chosen Loss of a hired animal is covered by the price Various kinds of hiring A hired husband A hired prophet Deuteronomy 23:4 See also Nehemiah 6:12-13; Nehemiah 13:2; Jude 11 A hired priest Hired soldiers Judges 9:4; 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Kings 7:6; 1 Chronicles 19:6-7; 2 Chronicles 25:6; Jeremiah 46:21 No hired mercenary army was ever approved by the LORD (see 2Ch 25:7-10). Other hirings 1 Samuel 2:5 hirings for food; 2 Chronicles 24:12 masons and carpenters; Ezra 4:5 counsellors; Isaiah 7:20 a razor, symbolising the judgment to be brought by the king of Assyria; Isaiah 23:17 prostitutes; Isaiah 46:6 goldsmiths; Mark 1:20 fishermen Teachings illustrated by hired workers The brevity and hardness of life Christian workers Matthew 20:1-15 This parable teaches that believers should not serve in a mercenary spirit but recognise that God's reward is based upon grace. The severity of the world and the kindness of God See also Luke 15:15-19 The difference between hired and good shepherds John 10:11-13 See also 1 Peter 5:2 See also
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