28 Bible Verses about Servants, Working Conditions Of

You who are masters, too, must treat your slaves in the same way, and cease to threaten them, for you know that their Master and yours is in heaven, and that he will show no partiality.

And he said to them, 'You go to my vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went.

Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation,

You who are masters must treat your slaves justly and fairly, and remember that you have a Master too, in heaven.

When I was with you, I gave you this rule: "If anyone refuses to work, give him nothing to eat!"

Why, the wages you have withheld from the laborers who have reaped your harvests cry aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."

but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men.

Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to declare God's good news,

And Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. Let it be as you say." Then the angel left her.

and forms of service vary, but it is the same Lord who is served,

Now I urge you, brothers??ou know that the family of Stephanas was the first to be converted in Greece, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of God's people??16 I want you to enlist under such leaders, and under anyone who joins with you and works hard.

in order to fit his people for the work of service, for building the body of Christ,

for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for.

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but like slaves of Christ, carrying out the will of God.

You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord. Work at everything you do with all your hearts, as work done not for men only but for the Lord, for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for.

Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them or steal from them, but to show such perfect good faith as to do credit to the teaching about God our Savior, by everything they do.

Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice as much as they get, particularly those who work at preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain," and the workman deserves his wages.

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what they offer you, for the workman deserves his pay. Do not change from one house to another.

What soldier ever pays his expenses out of his own pay? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of the grapes? Who tends a flock and does not get any of the milk? Am I saying only what men say? Does not the Law say so too? For in the Law of Moses it reads, "You shall not muzzle an ox that is treading out the grain." Is it about the oxen that God is concerned?read more.
Is he not clearly speaking in our interests? Of course this law was written in our interests, because the plowman ought to plow, and the thresher to thresh, in the expectation of sharing in the crop. If it was we who sowed the spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

Those who are taught the message must share all their goods with their teacher.

for you know that everyone, slave or free, will be rewarded by the Lord for his good conduct.

But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing, so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come! share your master's enjoyment.'

The reaper is already being paid and gathering the harvest for eternal life, so that the sower may be glad with the reaper.

Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is eternal life through union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

They have left the straight path and gone astray. They have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on dishonest gain,