For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared in all the earth.

For the Scripture says, Everyone believing on Him will not be put to shame.

God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel before to Abraham, saying, In you all the nations shall be blessed.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who dwells in us yearns to envy?

You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.

For it is written in the Law of Moses, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. Is it oxen God is concerned about?

Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.

You shall not extort your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of one who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the sojourners who is in your land within your gates.

Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and is sustaining his soul with it; lest he cry out against you unto Jehovah, and it be sin in you.

nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.