Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Bible References

The cause

Exodus 21:20
And if a man shall smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he shall die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
Deuteronomy 15:12
And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, shall be sold to thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years dismiss ye every man his brother a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not to me, neither inclined their ear.
Ephesians 6:9
And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

General references

Exodus 21:26
And if a man shall smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it shall perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Deuteronomy 24:14
Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he is of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: