Thematic Bible: Masters'
Thematic Bible
Duty » Masters' » Of admonition
And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.
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Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
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And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.
A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;
Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.
Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.
Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?
And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.
When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.
Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me; What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.
Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
Masters' » Should with their households » Observe the sabbath
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God. On six days do all your work: But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.
Masters' » What masters should do
Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ; Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart; Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men: read more.
In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free. And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free. And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
Masters' » Authority of, established
Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:
Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.
Masters' » Should select faithful servants
And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
Masters' » What masters should not do
Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.
Masters' » Benevolent, blessed
Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.
Masters' » Should receive faithful advice from servants
Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean? Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Amalekite
And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill.
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Nabal
So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
Masters' » Masters that delicately bring up their servants from a child
If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
Masters' » Bad--exemplified
And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do: And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To esteem them highly, if saints
No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To forbear threatening them
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
Masters' » Good--exemplified » Abraham
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
Masters' » Should with their households » Put away idols
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
Masters' » Should with their households » Worship God
And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.
Masters' » Should with their households » Serve God
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.
Masters' » Good--exemplified » Joshua
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
Masters' » Good--exemplified » jacob
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
Masters' » Should with their households » Fear God
A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To take care of them in sickness
And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Masters'
And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham. See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water: Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.