Bible Verses About Hired Servant

And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

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:

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

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;

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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.

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.