Thematic Bible: Duty of, toward servants
Thematic Bible
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
Don't take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he's your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city.
You are not to rule over them with harshness. You are to fear your God."
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.
Pay his wages that same day before the sun sets, because he is poor and his livelihood depends on it. Otherwise, he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will incur guilt."
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?"
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To esteem them highly, if saints
16no longer as a slave but better than a slave as a dear brother, especially to me, but even more so to you, both as a person and as a believer.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To forbear threatening them
Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
Even so, your father has cheated me. He broke our wage agreement ten times. However, God didn't allow him to harm me.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To take care of them in sickness
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and save his servant's life.