20 Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life. (WEB) 21 Let your soul love a wise servant. Don’t defraud him of liberty. (WEB)
Sirach 7:20–21
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Sirach 33:30–32
30 Don’t be excessive toward any. Do nothing unjust. (WEB) 31 If you have a slave, treat him like yourself, because you have bought him with blood. (WEB) 32 If you have a slave, treat him like yourself. For like your own soul, you will need him. If you treat him ill, and he departs… (WEB)
Leviticus 25:42–44
42 Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves. 43 You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God. 44 Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, fro…
Proverbs 30:9–11
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God. 10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt. 11 There is a generation of those who c…
Sirach 33:24–26
24 In the day that you end the days of your life, in the time of death, distribute your inheritance. (WEB) 25 Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey. Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant. (WEB) 26 Set your slave to work, and you will find rest. Leave his hands idle,… (WEB)
Deuteronomy 24:13–15
13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. 14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner re…
Tobit 4:13–15
13 And now, my child, love your kindred, and don’t scorn your kindred and the sons and the daughters of your people in your heart, to take a wife of them; for in scornfulness is destruction and much trouble, and in idleness is decay and great lack; for idleness… (WEB) 14 … (WEB)
Leviticus 25:52–54
52 If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years. 53 He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight. 54 Even if h…
Leviticus 25:38–40
38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. 39 If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor. 40 Let him stay with you as a hi…
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