The Big Idea – Restoring What’s Uneven

Equations allow us to set two sides equal and solve for fairness. In workplaces, equations can show whether people are being paid fairly across different job sectors. God values honesty and justice in how people are treated.

Job A (teaching assistant): $15 per hour
Job B (construction helper): $20 per hour

Equation:
If a person works h hours, then:

• Pay for Job A = 15h
• Pay for Job B = 20h

If both workers earn $600 in a week:

• Job A: 15h = 600 → h = 40 hours
• Job B: 20h = 600 → h = 30 hours

This shows how different pay rates affect hours needed to earn the same income.

Scripture Connections

• Leviticus 19:13 (KJV): “The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”
• James 5:4 (KJV): “Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth.”

Scripture Connections

• Proverbs 22:2 (KJV): “The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.”
• James 5:4 (KJV): “Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.” 

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