Bible Verses About Compensation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for compensation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 182 votes, led by James 5:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Compensation
James 5:417 votes
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.
Exodus 21:3214 votes
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.
1 Timothy 5:1714 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Luke 1:3713 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Colossians 3:2313 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Timothy 5:17-1813 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Exodus 21:3012 votes
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.
Luke 10:712 votes
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.
Exodus 21:3411 votes
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 22:111 votes
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.
Galatians 6:911 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
1 Timothy 5:1811 votes
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Leviticus 6:410 votes
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,
Isaiah 40:3110 votes
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.
Philippians 4:1310 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
What does the Bible say about compensation?
Readers most often cite James 5:4 on the subject of compensation. Across 182 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 21:32, 1 Timothy 5:17, Luke 1:37. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.