Nehemiah 5:5
But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children. Now we give our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants. Some of our daughters are servants even now. We have no power to stop this. For other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
2 Kings 4:1
The widow of a member of a group of prophets said to Elisha: My husband has died! As you know, he was a man who respected God. A man to whom he owed money came to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt.
Genesis 37:27
Let us sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let us not hurt him, because he is our brother, our own flesh and blood. His brothers agreed.
Leviticus 25:39-43
If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not work him like a slave.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house? When you see the naked, should you cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Genesis 29:14
Laban said: You are indeed my own flesh and blood. Jacob stayed there a whole month.
Exodus 21:1-11
These are the ordinances you should set before them.
Matthew 18:25
He was not able to make payment. So his lord gave orders for him to be sold. His wife, sons, and daughters were all to be sold along with every possession. The money would be used for payment of what he owed.
James 2:5-6
Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?