1 Timothy 5:18

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For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 25:4 : 4 You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.
  • Luke 10:7 : 7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.
  • Matt 10:10 : 10 no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.
  • Lev 19:13 : 13 You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
  • Deut 24:14-15 : 14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. 15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  • 1 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk? 8 Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he? 10 Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.
  • 1 Cor 9:14 : 14 In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
  • Rom 4:3 : 3 For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 For the scripture says,“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying,“All the nations will be blessed in you.”

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    4You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.

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    6Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

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    9For it is written in the law of Moses,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

    10Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

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    10no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.

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