Verse 2
As a servant{H5650} that earnestly desireth{H7602} the shadow,{H6738} And as a hireling{H7916} that looketh{H6960} for his wages:{H6467}
Referenced Verses
- Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt not oppress{H6231} thy neighbor,{H7453} nor rob{H1497} him: the wages{H6468} of a hired{H7916} servant shall not abide{H3885} with thee all night until the morning.{H1242}
- Deut 24:15 : 15 in his day{H3117} thou shalt give{H5414} him his hire,{H7939} neither shall the sun{H8121} go down{H935} upon it; for he is poor,{H6041} and setteth{H5375} his heart{H5315} upon it: lest he cry{H7121} against thee unto Jehovah,{H3068} and it be sin{H2399} unto thee.
- Jer 6:4 : 4 Prepare{H6942} ye war{H4421} against her; arise,{H6965} and let us go up{H5927} at noon.{H6672} Woe{H188} unto us! for the day{H3117} declineth,{H6437} for the shadows{H6752} of the evening{H6153} are stretched out.{H5186}
- Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the false{H8267} swearers,{H7650} and against those that oppress{H6231} the hireling{H7916} in his wages,{H7939} the widow,{H490} and the fatherless,{H3490} and that turn aside{H5186} the sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
- Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519}
- Ps 119:131 : 131 I opened{H6473} wide my mouth,{H6310} and panted;{H7602} For I longed{H2968} for thy commandments.{H4687}
- Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread forth{H6566} my hands{H3027} unto thee: My soul{H5315} [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary{H5889} land.{H776} {H5542}