Leviticus 25:43

Kindness For Poor Brothers

⁴² They are not to be sold as slaves, because they are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt. ⁴³ You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God. ⁴⁴ Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves.

Fear of God

Stand in Awe

Rule Over

Colossians 4:1

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.

Exodus 1:13-14

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Leviticus 25:17

You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.

Leviticus 25:46

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

Leviticus 25:53

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.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Ephesians 6:9

And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

Exodus 1:17

The Hebrew midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:21

Since the midwives feared God, He gave them families.

Exodus 2:23

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings.

Exodus 3:9

The Israelites’ cry for help has come to Me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Exodus 5:14

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

Deuteronomy 25:18

They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people;
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control.
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?
We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”
“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,
and oppress all your workers.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.