Thematic Bible: Masters'
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Duty » Masters' » Of admonition
I myself am full certified of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to exhort one another.
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I write not these things to shame you: but as my beloved sons, I warn you.
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And ye fathers, move not your children to wrath: but bring them up with the nurture and information of the Lord.
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdom. Teach and exhort your own selves, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs which have favour with them, singing in your hearts to the Lord.
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We desire you brethren warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble minded, forbear the weak, have continual patience toward all men.
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And count him not as an enemy: but warn him as a brother.
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A man that is given to heresy, after the first and the second admonition; avoid,
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Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
'Curse Meroz,' bade the angel of the LORD, 'Curse, Curse the inhabiters thereof because they came not forth to help the LORD, to help the LORD among the mighty.'
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And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
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Then they said, "What are they of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD?" And behold there came none of the inhabiters of Jabeshgilead unto the congregation.
Next unto him builded they of Tekoa. But their great men put not their necks to the service of their lord.
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and have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goods that thou gavest them, and in the large and plenteous land which thou gavest them; and have not converted from their wicked works.
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Thou oughtest therefore to have had my money to the changers, and then at my coming should I have received my mine own with vantage.
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The servant that knew his master's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
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What availeth it, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, when he hath no deeds? Can faith save him?
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Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not: to him, it is sin.
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Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
We desire you brethren warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble minded, forbear the weak, have continual patience toward all men.
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Cry with the throat and spare not. Lift up thy voice as a trumpet, and tell my people their offences and the house of Jacob their sins.
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And whatsoever come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, law, commandment, ordinances and customs: see that ye warn them, that they trespass not against the LORD; lest wrath come upon you and on your brethren. Thus do and ye shall not offend.
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If I say unto thee, concerning the ungodly man, that without doubt he must die: and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest unto him, that he may turn from his evil way, and so to live - Then shall the same ungodly man die in his own unrighteousness, but his blood will I require of thine hand.
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Nevertheless if thou warn the wicked of his way, to turn from it, whereas he yet will not be turned from it, then shall he die because of his sin, but thou hast delivered thy soul.'
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Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
Thou shalt not beguile thy neighbour with cavillations, neither rob him violently, neither shall the workman's labour abide with thee until the morning.
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Give him his hire the same day, and let not the sun go down thereon. For he is needy and therewith sustaineth his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee.
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Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Ye masters do unto your servants that which is just and equal, seeing ye know that ye have also a master in heaven.
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Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
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Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
Did I ever think scorn to do right unto my servants and maidens, when they had any matter against me? But seeing that God will sit in judgment, what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him?
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
Thou shalt not defraud a hired servant that is needy and poor, whether he be of thy brethren or a stranger that is in thy land within thy cities.
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See therefore that thou reign not over him cruelly, but fear thy God.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
Thou shalt not beguile thy neighbour with cavillations, neither rob him violently, neither shall the workman's labour abide with thee until the morning.
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Give him his hire the same day, and let not the sun go down thereon. For he is needy and therewith sustaineth his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Observe the sabbath
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt do no manner work: neither thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, neither thy manservant nor thy maidservant, neither thy cattle neither yet the stranger that is within thy gates.
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'Keep the Sabbath day that thou sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour and do all that thou hast to do, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no manner work: neither thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy servant, nor thy maid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy city, that thy servant and thy maid may rest as well as thou.
Masters' » What masters should do
Ye masters do unto your servants that which is just and equal, seeing ye know that ye have also a master in heaven.
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Servants, be obedient unto your carnal masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ: not with service in the eyesight, as men-pleasers: but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart with good will, even as though serving the Lord and not men. read more.
And remember that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, that shall he receive again of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
And remember that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, that shall he receive again of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
Ye masters do unto your servants that which is just and equal, seeing ye know that ye have also a master in heaven.
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And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
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Masters' » Authority of, established
Servants, be obedient unto your bodily masters in all things: not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart fearing God.
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Servants obey your masters with all fear, not only if they be good and courteous: but also though they be froward.
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Masters' » Should select faithful servants
And he said unto his eldest servant of his house which had the rule over all that he had, "Put thy hand under my thigh
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Mine eyes shall look for such as be faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me. Whoso leadeth a godly life, he shall be my servant. There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
Woe worth him, that buildeth his house with unrighteousness, and his parlors with the good that he hath gotten by violence: which never recompenceth his neighbour's labour, nor payeth him his hire.
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Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
He that fashioned me in my mother's womb, made he not him also? Were we not both shapen alike in our mother's bodies?
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Did I ever think scorn to do right unto my servants and maidens, when they had any matter against me?
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Masters' » What masters should not do
Thou shalt not defraud a hired servant that is needy and poor, whether he be of thy brethren or a stranger that is in thy land within thy cities.
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Masters' » Benevolent, blessed
And let it not grieve thine eyes to let him go out from thee, for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee in his service six years. And the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
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Masters' » Should receive faithful advice from servants
Then came his servants and communed with him, and said, "Father if the prophet had bid thee done some great thing, oughtest thou not to have done it? How much rather then shouldest thou do it, while he sayeth to thee only, 'Wash and be clean?'" Then he went down and washed seven times in Jordan, as the man of God bade, and his flesh changed, like unto the flesh of a little boy, and he was clean.
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Amalekite
Then David said unto him, "To whom belongest thou and whence art thou?" And the lad answered, "I am an Egyptian and servant to an Amalekite: and my master left me behind, because it is three days a gone that I fell sick.
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Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Nabal
Now take heed and see what thou hast to do, for it is concluded to do mischief unto our master and to all his household. And he is ungracious to speak to."
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Masters' » Masters that delicately bring up their servants from a child
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall make him his master at length.
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Masters' » Bad--exemplified
And the Egyptians held the children of Israel in bondage without mercy, and made their lives bitter unto them with cruel labour in clay and brick, and all manner work in the fields, and in all manner of service, which they caused them to work cruelly.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To esteem them highly, if saints
not now as a servant: but above a servant, I mean a brother beloved, specially to me: but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and also in the Lord?
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To forbear threatening them
And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Abraham
For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do after right and conscience, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that he hath promised him."
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Masters' » Should with their households » Put away idols
Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you and make yourselves clean, and change your garments,
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Masters' » Should with their households » Worship God
and let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there, unto God which heard me in the day of my tribulation and was with me in the way which I went."
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Masters' » Should with their households » Serve God
But if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, then choose you this day, whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the water, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land, ye dwelt. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten times: But God suffered him not to hurt me.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Joshua
But if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, then choose you this day, whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the water, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land, ye dwelt. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » jacob
Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you and make yourselves clean, and change your garments,
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Masters' » Should with their households » Fear God
a devout man, and one that feared God with all his household, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed God always.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To take care of them in sickness
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
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Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Masters'
And he said, "LORD God of my master Abraham, send me good speed this day, and show mercy unto my master Abraham. Lo, I stand here by the well of water and the daughters of the men of this city will come out to draw water: Now the damsel to whom I say, 'stoop down thy pitcher, and let me drink.' If she say, 'Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also,' the same is she that thou hast ordained for thy servant Isaac: yea, and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed mercy on my master.