Worker

Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

What does the worker gain from his toil?

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.

Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.

…to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,