Bible Verses About Wages
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for wages, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,054 votes, led by Romans 4:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Wages
Romans 4:4445 votes
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
James 5:4442 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.
Leviticus 19:13383 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 22:13345 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 24:14-15328 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 5:18326 votes
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Malachi 3:5269 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.
Colossians 4:1254 votes
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Luke 10:7248 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.
Romans 6:23244 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Matthew 20:1-16154 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Proverbs 3:27-28138 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Luke 3:14118 votes
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
2 Chronicles 25:965 votes
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.
Haggai 1:658 votes
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Matthew 20:1-1551 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
1 Timothy 5:17-1845 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Deuteronomy 24:1543 votes
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
Proverbs 14:3143 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Genesis 31:4139 votes
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 31:737 votes
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
1 Corinthians 3:836 votes
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1 Corinthians 9:9-1436 votes
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
1 Corinthians 9:1435 votes
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Romans 2:6-834 votes
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
What does the Bible say about wages?
Readers most often cite Romans 4:4 on the subject of wages. Across 5,054 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:4, Leviticus 19:13, Jeremiah 22:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.