What does the Bible say about employers?

14 verses about employers, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about employers

Colossians 4:1 — Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 5 votes
Colossians 3:23 — And what soever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 4 votes
James 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 4 votes
Proverbs 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 3 votes
Romans 4:4 — Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 3 votes
Ephesians 6:9 — And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. 3 votes
1 Peter 2:18 — Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 3 votes
Leviticus 19:13 — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 2 votes
Deuteronomy 24:14 — Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: 2 votes
Jeremiah 22:13 — Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; 2 votes
Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 votes
Matthew 20:10 — But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 2 votes
Colossians 3:22 — Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 2 votes
1 Timothy 5:18 — For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 2 votes

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Colossians (3), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Malachi (1), Matthew (1), Romans (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Timothy (1), James (1), 1 Peter (1)

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