Dictionary of Bible Themes Payment by an employer for work done; all labourers should be paid fairly and regularly. Deuteronomy 24:14-15Laws relating to wages See also Payment should be made regularly Leviticus 19:13Leviticus 25:50 Mark 6:37 Regular rates of pay Mark 14:5pp Jn 6:7 Malachi 3:5pp Jn 12:5 James 5:4Labourers should not be defrauded See also Jeremiah 22:13Matthew 20:2-4 A fair wage should be paid See also Colossians 4:1A normal day's pay for a labourer in NT times was one denarius. 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12See also A fair day's work should be done Ephesians 6:7-8Colossians 3:23 Luke 3:14 Labourers should be content with a fair wage Isaiah 19:10Wage earners suffer in times of trouble Egypt under judgment Haggai 1:6See also Jerusalem under judgment Zechariah 8:10Revelation 6:6 The world under judgment Hosea 12:12The example of Jacob as a wage earner See also Genesis 29:15Genesis 29:18 He agreed his wages beforehand Genesis 29:25-27He was paid in kind Genesis 30:28-34He was cheated by Laban Genesis 31:6-7He makes an arrangement he can turn to advantage Genesis 31:8-9He accuses Laban of dishonesty Genesis 31:38-42He protests his own honesty He looks back on his experience. Numbers 18:30-31The wages of God's servants Nehemiah 12:44; 13:10-13The Levites 1 Kings 5:62 Kings 12:11-15; 22:3-7 Temple workers 2 Kings 22:9pp 2Ch 34:8-11 Zechariah 11:12-13pp 2Ch 34:16-17 Matthew 27:3-10Zechariah's derisory pay Matthew 20:1-16Labourers in the parable of the workers in the vineyard 1 Timothy 5:17-18See also Ministers of the gospel Deuteronomy 25:4Luke 10:7 John 4:36-38 1 Corinthians 9:7-14 Galatians 6:6 1 Corinthians 9:15 The apostle Paul 2 Corinthians 11:7-9It was Paul's choice to work freely: Philippians 4:18He expressed gratitude for gifts he received. Job 7:1-3Spiritual lessons from wages Galatians 6:7-10Life's rewards are hard-earned Romans 6:21-23See also The wages of sin Job 15:31-32Isaiah 65:7 Jeremiah 51:6 2 Peter 2:13 Romans 4:4-5 The freeness of God's grace Matthew 20:9-16The generosity of God Proverbs 10:16; 11:18; 31:31Matthew 10:42 The rewards of righteousness 1 Corinthians 3:14Hebrews 6:10 pp Mk 9:41 2 John 1:8See also 5094 Jacob5254 citadel 5311 extortion 5318 fraud 5338 holiday 5498 reward 5628 work 7720 elders in the church 7724 evangelists 7939 ministry 8714 dishonesty 8790 oppression |
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