Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

Bible References

General references

Exodus 21:20
“When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Nehemiah 5:5
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Job 31:13
If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants
when they made a complaint against me,
Psalm 9:12
For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 10:14
But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 72:12
For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.
Proverbs 22:22
Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,
Ephesians 6:9
And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.

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