Thematic Bible: Masters'
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Duty » Masters' » Of admonition
I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
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I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
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Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
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As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him,
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Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
"Curse Meroz, says the angel of the LORD, curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
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And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
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And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.
And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
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Even in their own kingdom, and amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land that you set before them, they did not serve you or turn from their wicked works.
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Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
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And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
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What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
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So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
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"Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.
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whenever a case comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or rules, then you shall warn them, that they may not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath may not come upon you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.
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If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,'and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
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But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
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Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
"You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the LORD, and you be guilty of sin.
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Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
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Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
"You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
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You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
"You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the LORD, and you be guilty of sin.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Observe the sabbath
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.
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"'Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
Masters' » What masters should do
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, read more.
knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
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Masters' » Authority of, established
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
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Masters' » Should select faithful servants
And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh,
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I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
"Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages,
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Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
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"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
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Masters' » What masters should not do
"You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
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Masters' » Benevolent, blessed
It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for at half the cost of a hired servant he has served you six years. So the LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.
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Masters' » Should receive faithful advice from servants
But his servants came near and said to him, "My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Amalekite
And David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And where are you from?" He said, "I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago.
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Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Nabal
Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him."
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Masters' » Masters that delicately bring up their servants from a child
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.
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Masters' » Bad--exemplified
So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To esteem them highly, if saints
no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother--especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To forbear threatening them
Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Abraham
For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."
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Masters' » Should with their households » Put away idols
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Worship God
Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."
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Masters' » Should with their households » Serve God
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Joshua
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » jacob
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Fear God
a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually 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 to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.
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Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Masters'
And he said, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Let the young woman to whom I shall say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels'--let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master."