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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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
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 25:46
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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 25:17
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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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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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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
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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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 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.
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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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 3:9
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9 And now, behold, (A)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the (B)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
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Exodus 3:7
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7 Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
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Exodus 2:23
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God Hears Israel's Groaning
23 (A)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel (B)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. (C)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
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Exodus 1:21
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21 And because the midwives feared God, (A)he gave them families.
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Exodus 1:17
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17 But the midwives (A)feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
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