Thematic Bible: Masters'
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Duty » Masters' » Of admonition
But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
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I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise 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 exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
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And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
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Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
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Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings.
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Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
Call judgment down on Meroz,' says the Lord's angelic messenger; 'Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord's battle, to help in the Lord's battle against the warriors.'
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Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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So they asked, "Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?" Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.
The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master.
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Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.
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Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!
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That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.
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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
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So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.
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Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
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"Shout loudly! Don't be quiet! Yell as loud as a trumpet! Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; confront Jacob's family with their sin!
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Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you (whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the Lord. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues; but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.
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When I say to the wicked, "You will certainly die," and you do not warn him -- you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live -- that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
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But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.
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Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
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You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
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Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
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Duty » Masters' » Refraining from threats
Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
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Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.
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You must not rule over him harshly, but you must 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 commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
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You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will 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, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.
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Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the Lord your God has commanded you. You are to work and do all your tasks in six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
Masters' » What masters should do
Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
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Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ, not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people, read more.
because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord. Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord. Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
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Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
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Masters' » Authority of, established
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching -- like those who are strictly people-pleasers -- but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
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Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.
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Masters' » Should select faithful servants
Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh
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I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence.
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
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Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?
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"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,
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Masters' » What masters should not do
You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.
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Masters' » Benevolent, blessed
You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
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Masters' » Should receive faithful advice from servants
His servants approached and said to him, "O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, "Wash and you will be healed." So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. His skin became as smooth as a young child's and he was healed.
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Amalekite
David said to him, "To whom do you belong, and where are you from?" The young man said, "I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days.
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Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Nabal
Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!"
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Masters' » Masters that delicately bring up their servants from a child
If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.
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Masters' » Bad--exemplified
and they made the Israelites serve rigorously. They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To esteem them highly, if saints
no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To forbear threatening them
Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Abraham
I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him."
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Masters' » Should with their households » Put away idols
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Worship God
Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went."
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Masters' » Should with their households » Serve God
If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"
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Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to defraud them
but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » Joshua
If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"
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Masters' » Good--exemplified » jacob
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
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Masters' » Should with their households » Fear God
He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.
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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, asking him to come and heal his slave.
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Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Masters'
He prayed, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham. Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water. I will say to a young woman, 'Please lower your jar so I may drink.' May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply, 'Drink, and I'll give your camels water too.' In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master."