Leviticus 25:43
You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you are to fear your God [with profound reverence].
Colossians 4:1
Masters, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Exodus 1:13-14
And the Egyptians made the Israelites serve rigorously [forcing them into severe slavery].
Leviticus 25:17
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25:46
You may even bequeath them as an inheritance to your children after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your fellow countrymen, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with harshness (severity, oppression).
Leviticus 25:53
Like a man hired year by year he shall deal with him; he shall not rule over him with harshness in your sight.
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not strengthened those who are weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bandaged the crippled, you have not brought back those gone astray, you have not looked for the lost; but you have ruled them with force and violence.
Ephesians 6:9
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].
Exodus 1:17
But the midwives feared God [with profound reverence] and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but they let the boy babies live.
Exodus 1:21
And because the midwives feared God [with profound reverence],
Exodus 2:23
Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage
Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
Exodus 3:9
Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me; and I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.
Exodus 5:14
And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your required quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?”
Deuteronomy 25:18
how he met you along the road and attacked all the stragglers at your rear when you were tired and weary; and he did not
Isaiah 47:6
“I was angry with My people,
I profaned [Judah] My inheritance
And gave them into your hand [Babylon].
You showed them no mercy;
You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
Isaiah 58:3
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do],
And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
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