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What Does the Bible Say About Compensation?

Here are 15 Bible verses about compensation, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1James 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.

    BSBLook, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

  2. #2Colossians 3:23

    And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

    BSBWhatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

  3. #31 Timothy 5:17

    Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

    BSBElders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

  4. #4Exodus 21:32

    If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

    BSBIf the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.

  5. #5Luke 1:37

    For with God nothing shall be impossible.

    BSBFor no word from God will ever fail.”

  6. #6Luke 10:7

    And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

    BSBStay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

  7. #71 Timothy 5:17-18

    Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

    BSBElders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

  8. #8Exodus 21:30

    If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

    BSBIf payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

  9. #9Exodus 21:34

    The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

    BSBthe owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.

  10. #10Galatians 6:9

    And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

    BSBLet us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  11. #11Exodus 22:1

    If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    BSB“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

  12. #12Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

    BSBBut those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

  13. #131 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.

    BSBFor the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

  14. #14Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

    BSBI can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

  15. #15Leviticus 6:4

    Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

    BSBonce he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

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