Thematic Bible
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Business life » Employers » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Employers » Duties of » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Justice » Encouraged
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.
Only strive for justice so you will live and take possession of the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
Jehovah says: Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
To practice righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is deserved.
Justice » To be done » To servants
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Masters' » What masters should do
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ. This should not be in the way of eye service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from a complete heart; with goodwill doing service, as to God, and not to men. read more.
You know that whatever good thing each person does, the same shall he receive again from God, whether he be slave or free. You masters, do the same things to them. Do not threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.
You know that whatever good thing each person does, the same shall he receive again from God, whether he be slave or free. You masters, do the same things to them. Do not threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
You masters, do the same things to them. Do not threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.
Master's duty » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Verse Concepts
For the scripture said: You must not muzzle the bull while he is threshing. The workman is worthy of his wages.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.
Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man.
Remain in that house eating and drinking what they give you. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not stay in different houses.
The pay is counted to the man who works. It is not as grace but as a debt.
If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not work him like a slave. He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with you until the year of jubilee. Then you will release him and his children to go back to their family and the property of their ancestors.
Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.
Is this not the struggle of all humanity? A person's life is long and hard like that of a hired hand. It is like a worker who longs for the day to end, like a servant waiting to be paid.
Do not take gold, silver, or copper money in your money belt. Take no extra clothes, not even two coats, no extra shoes or walking stick for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice, encouraged
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.
Only strive for justice so you will live and take possession of the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
Jehovah says: Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
To practice righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is deserved.
Social duties » Masters' duties » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.