{"id":61453,"date":"2005-06-19T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-20T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61453"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T00:53:21","slug":"notes-on-employer-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-employer-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Employer Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>Leviticus 19:13<\/li>\n<li>Job 31:13<\/li>\n<li>Psalm 123:2<\/li>\n<li>Malachi 3:5<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 7:12<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 6:9<\/li>\n<li>Colossians 4:1<\/li>\n<li>James 5:4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>See also:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-employment\/\">What does the Bible say about employment?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leviticus 19:13 Job 31:13 Psalm 123:2 Malachi 3:5 Matthew 7:12 Ephesians 6:9 Colossians 4:1 James 5:4 See also: What does the Bible say about employment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[246,105],"class_list":["post-61453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-employer","tag-employment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50745,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-biblical-to-take-a-vacation\/","url_meta":{"origin":61453,"position":0},"title":"Is it biblical to take a vacation?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Dear Sir, Is it biblical to take a vacation from work? 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