Bible Verses About Employers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for employers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,532 votes, led by Colossians 4:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Employers
Colossians 4:1188 votes
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
James 5:4162 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.
Colossians 3:23158 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Romans 4:4118 votes
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Ephesians 6:9118 votes
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.
1 Peter 2:18-20113 votes
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Proverbs 22:16110 votes
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Malachi 3:590 votes
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.
Leviticus 19:1389 votes
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Jeremiah 22:1388 votes
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;
Deuteronomy 24:1470 votes
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:
1 Timothy 5:1868 votes
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Colossians 3:2266 votes
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Leviticus 25:4362 votes
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Luke 10:762 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.
Matthew 20:10-1561 votes
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
Romans 13:1-1460 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
James 5:557 votes
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Ephesians 6:5-956 votes
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Romans 13:454 votes
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
1 Timothy 5:848 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Luke 16:1046 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
2 Thessalonians 3:1043 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Job 31:13-1539 votes
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Proverbs 11:139 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
What does the Bible say about employers?
Readers most often cite Colossians 4:1 on the subject of employers. Across 3,532 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:4, Colossians 3:23, Romans 4:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.