Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
The cause
General references
Bible References
The cause
Exodus 21:20
"When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.
Leviticus 25:43
You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God.
Deuteronomy 15:12
"If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
Jeremiah 34:14
'At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you must set him free from your service.' But your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.
Ephesians 6:9
Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
General references
Exodus 21:26
"When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.
Exodus 23:6
"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.
Deuteronomy 24:14
"You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.