Verse 2

As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob him. The workemans hire shal not abide with thee vntil the morning.
  • Deut 24:15 : 15 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 Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.
  • Jer 6:4 : 4 Prepare warre against her: arise, and let vs goe vp toward the South: wo vnto vs: for the day declineth, and the shadowes of the euening are stretched out.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will be a swift witnesse against the southsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelings wages, and vexe the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the stranger, and feare not me, sayth the Lord of hostes.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of ye labourers, which haue reaped your fieldes (which is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth, and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes.
  • Ps 119:131 : 131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commaundements.
  • Ps 143:6 : 6 I stretch forth mine hands vnto thee: my soule desireth after thee, as the thirstie land. Selah.