Servant Bond servant:
- Laws of Moses concerning
Exodus 21:11; Exodus 21:21; Exodus 21:27; Exodus 21:32; Leviticus 19:22; Leviticus 25:6; Leviticus 25:10; Leviticus 25:55; Deuteronomy 15:12; Deuteronomy 15:14; Deuteronomy 15:18; Deuteronomy 24:7
- Manstealing forbidden
Deuteronomy 21:14; Deuteronomy 24:7; 1 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 18:13
- Fugitive, not to be returned to master
Deuteronomy 23:16
- David erroneously supposed to be a fugitive slave
1 Samuel 25:10
- Instances of fugitive, Hagar, commanded by an angel to return to her mistress
Genesis 16:9
- Sought by Shimei
1 Kings 2:41
- Interceded for, by Paul
Philemon 1:21
- Rights of those born to a master
Genesis 14:14; Genesis 17:13; Genesis 17:27; Exodus 21:4; Proverbs 29:21; Ecclesiastes 2:7; Jeremiah 2:14
- Bought and sold
Genesis 17:13; Genesis 17:27; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:17; Deuteronomy 28:68; Esther 7:4; Ezekiel 27:13; Joel 3:6; Amos 8:6; Revelation 18:13
- Captives of war made servants
Deuteronomy 20:14; Deuteronomy 21:14; 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Chronicles 28:8; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Lamentations 5:13
- Captive bond servants shared by priests and Levites
Numbers 31:47
- Thieves punished by being made servants
Genesis 43:18; Exodus 22:3
- Defaulting debtors made servants
Leviticus 25:39; Matthew 18:25
- Children of defaulting debtors sold for servants
2 Kings 4:7
- Voluntary servitude of
Leviticus 25:47; Deuteronomy 15:17; Joshua 9:21
- Given as dowry
Genesis 29:24; Genesis 29:29
- Owned by priests
Leviticus 22:11; Mark 14:66
- Slaves owned slaves
2 Samuel 9:10
- The master might marry, or give in marriage
Exodus 21:10; Deuteronomy 21:14; 1 Chronicles 2:35
- Taken in concubinage
Genesis 16:2; Genesis 16:6; Genesis 30:3; Genesis 30:9
- Used as soldiers by Abraham
Genesis 14:14
- Must be circumcised
Genesis 17:13; Genesis 17:27; Exodus 12:44
- Must enjoy religious privileges with the master's household
Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14; Deuteronomy 29:11
- Must have rest on the Sabbath
Exodus 20:10; Exodus 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:14
- Equal status of, with other disciples of Jesus
1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 6:8
- Kindness to, enjoined
Leviticus 25:43; Ephesians 6:9
- Bond service threatened, as a national punishment, for disobedience of Israel
Deuteronomy 28:68; Joel 3:8
Degrading influences of bondage exemplified by cowardice
Exodus 14:12; Exodus 16:3; Judges 5:18; Judges 5:23
- Emancipation of
Ezra 1:4; Jeremiah 34:22; 1 Corinthians 7:21
- Freedmen called libertines
Acts 6:9
- Cruelty to:
b Hagar, by Sarah
Genesis 16:6; Genesis 21:21; Galatians 4:31
b the Israelites, by the king of Egypt
Exodus 1:22; Exodus 2:4; Acts 7:19; Acts 7:34
- Sick, abandoned
1 Samuel 30:13
- Kindness to:
b by the centurion
Matthew 8:13; Luke 7:10
b by Paul
Philemon 1:21
- Instances of:
b Joseph
Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:36
b Israelites
Exodus 1:22; Exodus 5:14; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 6:21
b Gibeonites
Joshua 9:27
b Canaanites
1 Kings 9:21
b Jews in Babylon
2 Chronicles 36:20; Esther 1
b Emancipation of
2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:4
- Figurative
Leviticus 25:42; Leviticus 25:55; Psalms 116:16; Matthew 24:51; Luke 12:48; Luke 17:9; John 8:35; Romans 6:22; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Galatians 5:13; 1 Peter 2:16; 2 Peter 2:19; Revelation 7:3
- Instances of good:
b Joseph
Genesis 39:20; Genesis 41:57; Acts 7:10
b Elisha
2 Kings 2:6
b Servants of Abraham
Genesis 24
b Servants of Boaz
Ruth 2:4
b Servants of Jonathan
1 Samuel 14:7
b Servants of Abigail
1 Samuel 25:17
b Servants of David
2 Samuel 12:18; 2 Samuel 15:15; 2 Samuel 15:21
b Servants of Ziba
2 Samuel 9:13
b Servants of Naaman
2 Kings 5:3; 2 Kings 5:13
b Servants of Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:16; Nehemiah 4:23
b Servants of centurion
Matthew 8:9
b Servants of Cornelius
Acts 10:7
b Onesimus
Philemon 1:11
b Servants in the parable of the pounds and talents
Matthew 25:23; Luke 19:19
- Instances of wicked and unfaithful:
b Jeroboam
1 Kings 11:26
b Gehazi
2 Kings 5:27
b Zimri
1 Kings 16:10; 2 Kings 9:31
b Onesimus
Philemon 1:11
b Abraham and Lot
Genesis 13:7
b Abimelech
Genesis 21:25
b Ziba
2 Samuel 16:4; 2 Samuel 19:27
b Absalom
2 Samuel 13:29; 2 Samuel 14:30
b Shimei
1 Kings 2:39
b Joash
2 Kings 12:21
b Amon
2 Kings 21:23
b Job
Job 19:16
b in the parable of the talents and pounds
Matthew 25:30; Luke 19:26
b in the parable of the vineyard
Matthew 21:41; Mark 12:9
- Conspiracy by
Conspiracy
- Unclassified scriptures relating to
Genesis 16:9; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14; Nehemiah 5:8; Job 19:16; Job 31:14; Psalms 123:2; Proverbs 12:9; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 25:13; Proverbs 26:6; Proverbs 27:18; Proverbs 27:27; Proverbs 29:19; Proverbs 29:21; Proverbs 30:10; Proverbs 30:23; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Isaiah 52:3; Jeremiah 22:13; Jeremiah 34:17; Lamentations 5:8; Zephaniah 1:9; Malachi 1:6; Matthew 8:9; Matthew 24:51; Luke 12:48; Luke 16:13; Luke 17:9; Luke 22:27; John 13:16; Matthew 10:25; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 7:24; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25; 1 Timothy 6:2; Titus 2:10; 1 Peter 2:20
Employee; Employer; Master
Hired servant:
- Jacob
Genesis 29:15; Genesis 30:26
- Jacob re-employed
Genesis 30:34; Genesis 31:7; Genesis 31:41
- Parable of laborers for a vineyard
Matthew 20:15
- Parable of the father of the prodigal son
Luke 15:17; Luke 15:19
- The prodigal
Luke 15:19
- Treatment of, more considerate than that accorded slaves
Leviticus 25:53
- Await employment in market place
Matthew 20:3
- Wages paid in kind
Genesis 30:32; 2 Chronicles 2:10
- Wages paid in money
Matthew 20:2
- Unclassified scriptures relating to
Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 25:41; Deuteronomy 24:15; Job 7:2; Job 14:6; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7; Romans 4:4; Colossians 4:1; 1 Timothy 5:18; James 5:4
Master; Wages