Thematic Bible: Masters'
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Duty » Masters' » Of admonition
My brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
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I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.
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Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.
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And we exhort you, brothers: warn those who are irresponsible, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
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Yet don’t treat him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
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Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning,
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Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
“Bitterly curse her inhabitants,
for they did not come to help the Lord,
to help the Lord against the mighty warriors.”
They asked, “Which city among the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the Lord at Mizpah?” It turned out that no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp and the assembly.
Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.
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with Your abundant goodness that You gave them,
and in the spacious and fertile land You set before them,
they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith save him?
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So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and doesn’t do it.
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Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
And we exhort you, brothers: warn those who are irresponsible, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
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Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.
for every dispute that comes to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards differences of bloodguilt, law, commandment, statutes, or judgments—you are to warn them, so they will not incur guilt before the Lord and wrath will not come on you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
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If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
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But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he doesn’t turn from it, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
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Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
“You must not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired hand must not remain with you until morning.
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You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.
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Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
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Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me, what could I do when God stands up [to judge]? How should I answer Him when He calls [me] to account?
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
“Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land.
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You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
“You must not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired hand must not remain with you until morning.
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You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Observe the sabbath
Be careful to dedicate the Sabbath day, as the Lord your God has commanded you. You are to labor six days and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work-you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the foreigner who lives within your gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.
Masters' » What masters should do
Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ. Don't [work only] while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God's will from your heart. Render service with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men, read more.
knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord. And masters, treat them the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord. And masters, treat them the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
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Masters' » Authority of, established
Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.
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Masters' » Should select faithful servants
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
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My eyes [favor] the faithful of the land so that they may sit down with me. The one who follows the way of integrity may serve me. No one who acts deceitfully will live in my palace; no one who tells lies will remain in my presence.
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
Did not the same God form us both in the womb?
when they made a complaint against me,
Masters' » What masters should not do
“Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land.
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Masters' » Benevolent, blessed
Do not regard it as a hardship when you set him free, because he worked for you six years—worth twice the wages of a hired hand. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
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Masters' » Should receive faithful advice from servants
But his servants approached and said to him, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more [should you do it] when he tells you, 'Wash and be clean'?" So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the command of the man of God. Then his skin was restored [and became] like the skin of a small boy, and he was clean.
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Amalekite
Then David said to him, “Who do you belong to? Where are you from?”
“I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,” he said. “My master abandoned me when I got sick three days ago. Verse Concepts
“I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,” he said. “My master abandoned me when I got sick three days ago. Verse Concepts
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Nabal
Now consider carefully what you must do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”
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Masters' » Masters that delicately bring up their servants from a child
Masters' » Bad--exemplified
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar, and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To esteem them highly, if saints
no longer as a slave, but more than a slave—as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but even more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To forbear threatening them
And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Abraham
For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”
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Masters' » Should with their households » Put away idols
So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Worship God
We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”
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Masters' » Should with their households » Serve God
But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.”
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Joshua
But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.”
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » jacob
So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Fear God
He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.
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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, requesting Him to come and save the life of his slave.
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Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Masters'
"Lord, God of my master Abraham," he prayed, "grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. I am standing here at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water. Let the girl to whom I say, 'Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,' and who responds, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels also'-let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."