Deuteronomy 15:13

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And when you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed.

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  • Gen 31:42 : 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.
  • Exod 3:21 : 21 And I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you leave, you will not go empty-handed.
  • Lev 25:42-44 : 42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves. 43 Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God. 44 Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
  • Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is within your power to act. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go and come back, tomorrow I will give it,' when you already have it with you.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Col 4:1 : 1 Masters, treat your servants with justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:7-12
    6 verses
    87%

    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

    8Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

    9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    10You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.

    11For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.

    12If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free.

  • Deut 15:14-18
    5 verses
    84%

    14Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.

    15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.

    16But if they say to you, 'I will not leave you,' because they love you and your household and are well off with you,

    17then take an awl and pierce their ear to the door, and they will become your servant for life. You shall do the same for your female servant.

    18Do not consider it hard to set them free, because their service to you for six years was worth twice as much as that of a hired worker, and the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

  • Jer 34:14
    82%

    14At the end of seven years, each of you must set free your Hebrew brothers who have been sold to you and have served you for six years. You must release them to go free. But your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me.

  • Exod 21:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he shall go free, without any payment.

    3If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; but if he is married, then his wife shall leave with him.

  • Lev 25:39-43
    5 verses
    78%

    39If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

    40They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

    41Then they and their children are to be released, and they will return to their own family and to the property of their ancestors.

    42Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

    43Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God.

  • Deut 23:15
    76%

    15For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies into your hands. Your camp must be holy so that He will not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

  • Deut 15:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1At the end of seven years, you shall institute a release.

    2This is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release what they have lent to their neighbor. They shall not demand payment from their neighbor or their relative, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.

    3You may demand payment from a foreigner, but you shall release whatever your brother owes you.

    4However, there should be no poor among you, for the Lord will certainly bless you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess.

  • Jer 34:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew.

    10And all the officials and all the people who entered into the covenant agreed to set free their male and female slaves, so that they would no longer enslave them. They obeyed and set them free.

  • Lev 25:52-54
    3 verses
    73%

    52If only a few years remain until the Jubilee, they are to calculate this and pay for their redemption accordingly.

    53They are to be treated as a yearly hired worker while with their buyer, and they must not be ruled over harshly in your sight.

    54If they are not redeemed in any of these ways, they and their children are to be released in the Year of Jubilee.

  • Deut 21:14
    73%

    14But if you are not pleased with her, you must let her go wherever she wishes. You are not to sell her for money or treat her as a slave, because you have humiliated her.

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Deut 24:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

    19When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Deut 14:27
    72%

    27And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Exod 21:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye.

    27And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the tooth.

  • Exod 21:5
    71%

    5But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to go free,’

  • Deut 24:10
    71%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

  • Exod 21:11
    71%

    11If he does not provide these three things for her, she is to go free, without any payment.

  • Lev 25:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner or temporary resident, so they can live among you.

    36Do not take interest or profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.

  • Deut 24:22
    71%

    22Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

  • Exod 3:21
    71%

    21And I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you leave, you will not go empty-handed.

  • Lev 25:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

    48they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them.

  • Deut 16:10
    70%

    10Celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

  • Deut 22:1
    70%

    1If you see your brother's ox or sheep wandering off, do not ignore it. Be sure to return it to your brother.

  • Exod 21:7
    70%

    7If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

  • Lev 25:27
    69%

    27he shall calculate the years since its sale, refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property.