Verse 6

You know that I have worked for your father with all my strength.

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  • Gen 30:29 : 29 Jacob said to him, 'You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.'
  • Gen 31:38-42 : 38 I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten rams from your flocks. 39 I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night. 40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime, and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes. 41 It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times. 42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.
  • Eph 6:5-8 : 5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ. 6 Do not work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people, 8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
  • Col 3:22-25 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for people. 24 Knowing that you will receive the reward of your inheritance from the Lord, serve the Lord Christ. 25 But the one who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no favoritism.
  • Titus 2:9-9 : 9 Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative. 10 They must not pilfer but must demonstrate complete faithfulness, so that they may make the teaching of God our Savior attractive in every way.
  • 1 Pet 2:18 : 18 Servants, submit yourselves with all respect to your masters, not only to those who are good and gentle but also to those who are harsh.