9 Bible Verses about Masters Duties Towards Servants

Masters, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

You masters, do the same [showing goodwill] toward them, and give up threatening and abusive words, knowing that [He who is] both their true Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with Him [regardless of one’s earthly status].

“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants
When they filed a complaint against me,

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Yet your father has cheated me [as often as possible] and changed my wages ten times; but God did not allow him to hurt me.

‘You shall not oppress or exploit your neighbor, nor rob him. You shall not withhold the wages of a hired man overnight until morning.

You shall give him his wages on the day that he earns them before the sun sets—for he is poor and is counting on it—so that he does not cry out to the Lord against you, and it becomes a sin for you.

You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you are to fear your God [with profound reverence].

“You shall not take advantage of a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether [he is] one of your countrymen or one of the strangers (resident aliens, foreigners) who is in your land inside your cities.