Bible Verses About Labor: General references

Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,

But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lord, and it be sinne vnto thee.

For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, and sent them into his vineyard.

And he went out about the third houre, and sawe other standing idle in the market place,

And sayd vnto them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, I will giue you: and they went their way.

Againe he went out about the sixt and ninth houre, and did likewise.

And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, and sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue.

And when euen was come, the master of the vineyard sayd vnto his steward, Call the labourers, and giue them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first.

And they which were hired about ye eleuenth houre, came and receiued euery man a penie.

Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie.

And when they had receiued it, they murmured against the master of the house,

Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden and heate of the day.

And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?

Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I will giue vnto this last, as much as to thee.

Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good?

And that ye studie to be quiet, and to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commanded you,

That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.

Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.