Thematic Bible: Duties of, to masters
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be faithful to them
It is required of stewards that a man is trustworthy.
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They should not steal from them, but should show good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
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Whoever is faithful in little things will be faithful in large ones. Whoever is unrighteous in small things will be unrighteous in large ones. If you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth? If you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be submissive even to the froward
Your servant is in your hands, Abram said. Do with her whatever you think best. Then Sarai mistreated Hagar. So she ran away from her.
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Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle master but also to the hard to please.
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Then the angel of Jehovah told her: Go back to your mistress and submit to her.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be anxious for their welfare
The Syrians carried off a little Israelite girl during one of their raids against Israel. The girl became a servant of Naaman's wife. She said to her mistress: I wish my master could go to the prophet who lives in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.
One of Nabal's servants told Nabal's wife Abigail: Have you heard? David sent some messengers from the wilderness with greetings for our master. He insulted them. Yet they were very good to us. They never bothered us. Nothing belonging to us was stolen at the time we were with them in the fields. They protected our sheep and us day and night the whole time we were with them. read more.
Consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. He is such a worthless man that it is useless to talk to him.
Consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. He is such a worthless man that it is useless to talk to him.
Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to serve them with eye-service, as men-pleasers
Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, respecting God.
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This should not be in the way of eye service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from a complete heart;
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To bless God for mercies shown to them
I bowed low and worshiped Jehovah, and praised Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham. He guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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He said: Praise Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham. He has faithfully kept his promise to my master. Jehovah has led me straight to my master's relatives.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be industrious in laboring for them
From that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal wardresses. The leaders were in back of the men of Judah.
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Not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, changed clothes. Everyone went armed to the water.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To honor them
Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the teachings will not be blasphemed.
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Jehovah of Hosts declares to the priests: Children honor their parents and servants honor their masters. I am your father. Why do you not honor me? I am your master. Why do you not respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask: How have we despised you?
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be profitable to them
He received the kingdom and went back to check on his servants. He wanted to know what they had gained by trading with the money he gave them. The first reported: Your pound has made ten pounds more.
The second said: Your pound, Lord, has made five pounds.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To obey them
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.
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Servants should to be in subjection to their masters (overseers) (employers). They should please them in all things and not talk back.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be prudent in the management of their affairs
I am the servant of Abraham, he began. Jehovah has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys. Sarah, my master's wife, did not have any children until she was very old. Then she had a son, and my master has given him everything. read more.
I solemnly promised my master I would do what he said. He told me: 'Do not choose a wife for my son from the women in this land of Canaan. Go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for my son from among my relatives.' I asked my master: 'What if the young woman refuses to come with me?' He said to me: 'Jehovah, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you to make your journey successful. You will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house. If my relatives do not give her to you, then you will be free from my oath.' I came to the spring today. I prayed to Jehovah: 'God of my master Abraham, if now you will make my journey successful, make it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, Please let me drink a little water from your jar, And she will say to me, You drink, and I will draw for your camels also, let her be the woman whom Jehovah has appointed for my master's son.' Before I had finished speaking in my heart, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.' She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. Then I asked her: 'Whose daughter are you?' She said: 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists. I bowed low and worshiped Jehovah, and praised Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham. He guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son. If you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left.
I solemnly promised my master I would do what he said. He told me: 'Do not choose a wife for my son from the women in this land of Canaan. Go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for my son from among my relatives.' I asked my master: 'What if the young woman refuses to come with me?' He said to me: 'Jehovah, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you to make your journey successful. You will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house. If my relatives do not give her to you, then you will be free from my oath.' I came to the spring today. I prayed to Jehovah: 'God of my master Abraham, if now you will make my journey successful, make it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, Please let me drink a little water from your jar, And she will say to me, You drink, and I will draw for your camels also, let her be the woman whom Jehovah has appointed for my master's son.' Before I had finished speaking in my heart, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.' She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. Then I asked her: 'Whose daughter are you?' She said: 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists. I bowed low and worshiped Jehovah, and praised Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham. He guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son. If you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left.
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be earnest in transacting their business
He and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, he said: Let me go back to my master. Her brother and mother replied: Let the girl stay with us ten days or so. After that she may go. He said: Do not make us stay. Jehovah has made my journey a success. Let me go back to my master.
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be kind and attentive to their guests
It is all right, the servant replied. Do not worry. The God you and your father worship must have put the money there, because your money came first to me. Then he brought Simeon out to them. The servant took them into Joseph's house. He gave them water to wash their feet. He also tended their donkeys.
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To sympathize with them
On the seventh day the child died. David's servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. They thought: While the child was alive, we talked to him, and he would not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may harm himself.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To prefer their business to their own necessary food
Food was brought. The man said: I will not eat until I have said what I have to say. Laban responded: Go ahead and speak.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To revere them the more, when they are believers
Do not despise your believing masters, because they are brothers. Serve them, because they who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To pray for them
He said: O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today. Show loving-kindness to my master Abraham.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be subject to them
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle master but also to the hard to please.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To attend to their call
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Jehovah our God, until he is gracious to us.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to defraud them
They should not steal from them, but should show good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » To please them well in all things
Servants should to be in subjection to their masters (overseers) (employers). They should please them in all things and not talk back.
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Servants » Duties of, to masters » Not to answer them rudely
Servants should to be in subjection to their masters (overseers) (employers). They should please them in all things and not talk back.
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