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Leviticus 25:43
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Leviticus 25:43
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43 (A)You shall not rule over him (B)ruthlessly but (C)shall fear your God.
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Leviticus 25:43
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Leviticus 25:43
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Colossians 4:1
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Colossians 4:1
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4 Masters, treat your bondservants[a] justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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- Colossians 4:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for servant in verse 12
Colossians 4:1
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Colossians 4:1
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4 Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair,(A) because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Leviticus 25:53
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Leviticus 25:53
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53 He shall treat him as a worker hired year by year. (A)He shall not rule ruthlessly over him in your sight.
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Leviticus 25:53
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Leviticus 25:53
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53 They are to be treated as workers hired from year to year; you must see to it that those to whom they owe service do not rule over them ruthlessly.(A)
Leviticus 25:46
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Leviticus 25:46
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46 You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel (A)you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.
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Leviticus 25:46
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Leviticus 25:46
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46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
Leviticus 25:17
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Leviticus 25:17
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17 (A)You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 25:17
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Leviticus 25:17
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Exodus 1:13-14
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Exodus 1:13-14
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13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel (A)work as slaves 14 and (B)made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
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Exodus 1:13-14
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Exodus 1:13-14
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13 and worked them ruthlessly.(A) 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(B) in brick(C) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(D)
Ephesians 6:9
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Ephesians 6:9
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9 Masters, do the same to them, (A)and stop your threatening, knowing that (B)he who is both their Master[a] and yours is in heaven, and that (C)there is no partiality with him.
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- Ephesians 6:9 Greek Lord
Ephesians 6:9
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Ephesians 6:9
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9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours(A) is in heaven, and there is no favoritism(B) with him.
Ezekiel 34:4
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Ezekiel 34:4
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4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed(A) the sick or bound up(B) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(C)
Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah 58:3
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Isaiah 58:3
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3 (A)‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
(B)and oppress all your workers.
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- Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business
Isaiah 58:3
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Isaiah 58:3
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3 ‘Why have we fasted,’(A) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(B) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’(C)
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(D)
and exploit all your workers.
Isaiah 47:6
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Isaiah 47:6
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6 (A)I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
(B)you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
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Isaiah 47:6
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Deuteronomy 25:18
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Deuteronomy 25:18
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18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and (A)cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God.
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Deuteronomy 25:18
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Deuteronomy 25:18
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18 When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.(A)
Exodus 5:14
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Exodus 5:14
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14 And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's (A)taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”
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Exodus 5:14
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Exodus 5:14
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14 And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed,(A) demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”
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