1 Timothy 5:18

Contemporary English Version 1995

It is just as the Scriptures say, “Don't muzzle an ox when you are using it to grind grain.” You also know the saying, “Workers are worth their pay.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:4

Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain.

1 Corinthians 9:14

In the same way, the Lord wants everyone who preaches the good news to make a living from preaching this message.

Luke 10:7

Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they give you, because workers are worth what they earn. Don't move around from house to house.

Matthew 10:10

And don't carry a traveling bag or an extra shirt or sandals or a walking stick. Workers deserve their food.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not steal anything or cheat anyone, and don't fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

James 4:5

Do you doubt the Scriptures that say, “God truly cares about the Spirit he has put in us”?

Romans 10:11

The Scriptures say no one who has faith will be disappointed,

Romans 9:17

In the Scriptures the Lord says to the king of Egypt, “I let you become king, so that I could show you my power and be praised by all people on earth.”

Galatians 3:8

Long ago the Scriptures said God would accept the Gentiles because of their faith. This is why God told Abraham the good news that all nations would be blessed because of him.

Romans 11:2

God did not turn his back on his chosen people. Don't you remember reading in the Scriptures how Elijah complained to God about the people of Israel?

Romans 4:3

The Scriptures say, “God accepted Abraham because Abraham had faith in him.”