21 Bible Verses about Forced Labour

The hand of the diligent will bear rule. The lazy will be under forced labor.

If they open the gates and surrender, they will all become your slaves and do forced labor for you.

When he sees that his resting place is good and that the land is pleasant, he will bend his back to the burden and will become a slave laborer.

So the Egyptians put slave masters over them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply (storage) cities for Pharaoh.

After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people (his brothers) were hard at work. He saw an Egyptian beating one of them.

They did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and have become forced laborers.

When the children of Israel were very strong they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor. They did not completely drive them out.

When Israel was strong they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor. They did not completely drive them out.

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became forced laborers.

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became forced laborers to them.

But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became forced laborers.

David made the people of Rabbah tear down the city walls with iron picks and axes. He also put them to work making bricks. He did the same thing with all the other Ammonite cities. David went back to Jerusalem. The people of Israel returned to their homes.

King Solomon drafted thirty thousand men as forced labor from all over Israel.

King Solomon used forced labor to build the Temple and the palace, to fill in land on the east side of the city, and to build the city wall. He also used it to rebuild the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Their descendants continue to be slaves down to the present time.

Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records.

In charge of the palace servants: Ahishar In charge of the forced labor: Adoniram son of Abda.

He appointed Adoniram to be in charge of them. He divided them into three groups of ten thousand men. Each group spent one month in Lebanon and two months back home.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work. He was stoned to death by all Israel. King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to escape to Jerusalem.

Jeroboam was a capable and responsible man. Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

Then Assyrians will be killed with a sword not made by human hands. The swords not made by human hands will destroy them. They will flee from battle, and their young men will be made to do forced labor.