'Owner' in the Bible
“When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.
However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished because he is his owner’s property.
“When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its meat may not be eaten, but the ox’s owner is innocent.
However, if the ox was in the habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.
the owner of the pit must give compensation; he must pay money to its owner, but the dead animal will become his.
If, however, it is known that the ox was in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not restrained it, he must compensate fully, ox for ox; the dead animal will become his.
If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must present himself to the judges to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property.
there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution.
But if, in fact, the animal was stolen from his custody, he must make restitution to its owner.
“When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not there with it, the man must make full restitution.
If its owner is there with it, the man does not have to make restitution. If it was rented, the loss is covered by its rental price.
or anything else about which he swore falsely. He must make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
the owner of the house is to come and tell the priest: Something like mildew contamination has appeared in my house.
He will stay with him like a man hired year by year. A foreign owner is not to rule over him harshly in your sight.
In the Year of Jubilee the field will return to the one he bought it from, the original owner.
While they were enjoying themselves, all of a sudden, perverted men of the city surrounded the house and beat on the door. They said to the old man who was the owner of the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him!”
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, don’t do this evil, my brothers. After all, this man has come into my house. Don’t do this horrible thing.
then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver, and he built up the hill. He named the city he built Samaria based on the name Shemer, the owner of the hill.
A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;wherever he turns, he succeeds.
When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?
There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
because wisdom is protection as money is protection,and the advantage of knowledgeis that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
The ox knows its owner,and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,but Israel does not know;My people do not understand.”