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Bible Verse About Respecting Your Boss
Romans 13:1
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
1 Timothy 6:1
Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed.
Titus 2:10
not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
Bible Verses About Rewarding Employees
Ever feel like the wrong people always get ahead? The talented, humble, hard workers are often ignored, and those that flatter the boss, or take credit for things they didn’t do, get the promotions, the bonuses, and all the praise. It’s frustrating and can be demoralizing.
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One of the things that can make a workplace truly unbearable is dealing with difficult leadership. But you don’t have to take my word for it. This is a question many wrestle with every day but the Bible is not silent on the issue.
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
Scripture gives us many stories illustrating a Christ-like response to apparent unjust leadership. In the book of Daniel, the prophet deals with three pagan administrators who unfairly rise to prominence by his good work. Or in Luke 18, the parable of the Unjust Judge illustrates God’s sovereign care for us and His promise that justice will be done.
In Psalm 73, Asaph felt looked over and frustrated, writing: “…I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills…This is what the wicked are like — always free of care, they go on amassing wealth. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.”
Asaph had, in his own words, a bitter attitude from watching the “wrong people” get ahead.
Gallup would agree with Asaph, finding that companies choose the wrong manager 82 percent of the time! As a result of the struggle to deal with incompetent, distant, or even unkind leaders, billions of dollars are lost and only one-third of employees report feeling engaged in their workplace – leaving the rest wondering when will the day end.
But as Asaph continues to reflect on the good fortune of those who are not following the Lord or working honestly, he observes that their successes are short-term because they will not have help when a day of disaster comes. (And difficulties come to everyone.) Meanwhile, for those whose hearts are set on the Lord, there is help from a loving God. Asaph writes, “Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.”
Through fellowship with Christ, we have the great gift of God’s help and counsel in the day-to-day struggle. And we know that no matter how bad things seem in the moment, there is a day of reckoning, and frankly, that should lead us to pray for our leadership when we see them headed the wrong direction.
Yet the problem remains that too often companies promote someone who looks next in line, rather than considering whether they have the skills to manage people and projects. That failure hurts all in the company.
FINDING THE RIGHT LEADER
The skills of a good manager are rare – Gallup finds that after five decades of study, only one in ten has what it takes to lead.
In 1 Timothy 3:8–13, the Apostle Paul lays out the qualities that churches should look for when choosing leaders in a church. Leaders “should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And they must also be tested first (have some experience – emphasis added); if they prove blameless, then they can serve…”
My advice is first to remember, as Asaph did, that with God on your side, you have a lot to be thankful for.
Second, to learn all that you can in your current work environment to either get promoted yourself or leave for better opportunity.
Consider the advice in Ephesians 6:5-8 given to the slaves at the bottom of Roman society: “Obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”
God’s Word does not instruct us to accept a bad situation as permanent or to believe that circumstances can’t change. He tells us to serve wholeheartedly – offer good work and remember that the One who blesses us is not the same as who signs the paycheck. He is Sovereign and we often are placed under these “wrong leaders” to grow our character and to make a difference just like Daniel or Joseph did in their challenging circumstances.
But I offer a word of caution for those of us who manage; God is watching our stewardship of the people in our care and will hold us accountable for how people and resources are managed. And as Psalm 34:17 notes, “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.”
Would you want to have a boss who acts like you? Do you believe God is pleased with your leadership? Take a minute to consider how God sees your leadership.
Bible Verses About Unfair Treatment
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
Galatians 5:16-17
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, “You shall not eat of every tree of the garden”?”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
Matthew 5:44-45
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Romans 1:18-20
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
Romans 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
Romans 9:13-21
As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.” What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, ‘For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.’ Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
Ephesians 2:1-2
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
Leviticus 10:1-3
Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke, saying:
“By those who come near Me
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.”” So Aaron held his peace.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious of the boastful,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Matthew 18:21-22
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
Romans 2:11-12
For there is no partiality with God. For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Galatians 5:20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Hebrews 5:8
though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
1 Peter 2:20-21
For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
