WAGES

The law and the gospel both require the full and prompt payment of a just equivalent for all services rendered according to agreement, Le 19:13 Jer 22:13 Jas 5:4. Eternal death is the wages or just recompense of sin; while eternal life is not a recompense earned by obedience, but a sovereign gift of God, Ro 6:22-23.

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Wages. Wages
Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt. 20:1-14); to Jacob in kind (Gen. 29:15, 20; 30:28; 31:7, 8, 41).

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WAGES. → Of Jacob Ge 29:15-30; 30:28-34; 31:7,41 → Parable concerning Mt 20:1-15 → See MASTER → See SERVANT → UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Le 19:13; De 24:14,15; 25:4; Jer 22:13; Hag 1:6; Mal 3:5; Mt 10:10; Lu 3:14; 10:7; Ro 4:4; 6:23; Col 4:1; Jas 5:4

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wages. Wages, n. hire or reward of service

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Wa″ges (?), n. plural in termination, but singular in signification. [[Plural of wage; cf. F. gages, pl., wages, hire. See Wage, n.]] A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2. The wages of sin is death. Rom. vi. 23. Wages fund (Polit. Econ.), the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other political economists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any time depended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number of laborers. This theory has been greatly modified by the discovery of other conditions affecting wages, which it does not take into account. Encyc. Brit. Syn. — See under Wage, n.