Exodus 21:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

His maister shall bryng hym vnto the iudges, and set hym to the doore or the doorepost, and his maister shal bore his eare through with a naule, and he shalbe his seruaunt for euer.

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  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her rulers within her are as roaring lions, her iudges are as wolues in the euening, whiche leaue nothing behinde them till the morowe.
  • Exod 12:12 : 12 For I wyll passe through the lande of Egypt this same nyght, and wyll smyte all the first borne of Egypt from man to beast, and vpon all the gods of Egypt I wyll execute iudgement: I am the Lorde.
  • Exod 18:21-26 : 21 Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie and such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes, 22 And let them iudge the people at all seasons: and euery great matter that commeth, let them bryng vnto thee, but let them iudge all small causes them selues, and so shall it be easier for thy selfe, and they shall beare a burthen with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God charge thee withall, thou shalt be able to endure, and yet the people shall come to their place in peace. 24 And so Moyses obeyed the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he had sayde. 25 And Moyses chose actiue men out of all Israel, and made them as heades ouer the people, namely rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes, 26 And they iudged the people at all seasons: but brought the harde causes vnto Moyses, and iudged all small matters them selues.
  • Exod 21:22 : 22 If men striue, & hurt a woman with chylde, so that her fruite depart from her, and yet no destruction folow: then he shalbe sore punished according as the womans husbande wyll laye to his charge, and he shall pay as the dayes men wyll appoynt hym.
  • Exod 22:8-9 : 8 And if the theefe be not founde, then the good man of ye house shalbe brought vnto the Iudges, that it may be knowen whether he haue put his hande vnto his neyghbours good. 9 And in al maner of trespasse, whether it be for oxe, asse, or sheepe, rayment, or any maner of lost thing, which another chalengeth to be his: the cause of both parties shall come before the Iudges, and whom the Iudges condemne, let him pay double vnto his neyghbour.
  • Exod 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt not rayle vpon ye gods, neither blaspheme ye ruler of the people.
  • Lev 25:23 : 23 The lande shall not be solde to waste: for the lande is myne, & ye be but staungers and soiourners with me.
  • Lev 25:40 : 40 But as an hired seruaunt, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubilee.
  • Num 25:5-8 : 5 And Moyses sayde vnto the Iudges of Israel: Euery one slay his men that were ioyned vnto Baal Peor. 6 And behold, one of the chyldren of Israel came & brought vnto his brethren a Madianitishe woman, euen in the sight of Moyses, and in the sight of all the multitude of the children of Israel, that wept before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose vp out of the myddes of the companie, & toke a iauelin in his hande, 8 And went after the man of Israel into the tent, & thrust them through both the man of Israel & also the woman, euen thorowe the belly of her: And the plague ceassed fro the chyldre of Israel.
  • Deut 1:16 : 16 And I charged your Iudges that same tyme, saying: Heare the cause of your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, and the straunger that is with hym.
  • Deut 15:17 : 17 Then shalt thou take an aule, & nayle his eare to the doore therwith, and let hym be thy seruaunt for euer: And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do likewise.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities which the Lorde thy God geueth thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement.
  • Deut 19:17-18 : 17 Then both the men which stryue together, shall stande before the Lorde, before the priestes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes: 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother:
  • 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 Neuerthelesse, Hanna wet not vp, but sayde vnto her husband: I will tary vntill the lad be weaned, and then I will bryng hym, that he may appeare before the Lord, and there abyde for euer.
  • 1 Sam 8:1-2 : 1 When Samuel was old, he made his sonnes iudges ouer Israel. 2 The name of his eldest sonne was Ioel, and the name of the seconde Abia, and they were iudges in Beerseba.
  • 1 Sam 27:12 : 12 And Achis beleued Dauid, saying: He hath made his people Israel vtterly to abhorre him, & therefore he shalbe my seruaunt for euer.
  • 1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And Dauid sayde to Achis: Surelie thou shalt knowe what thy seruaunt can do. And Achis said to Dauid: Then I will make thee keper of my head for euer.
  • 1 Kgs 12:7 : 7 And they sayd vnto him: If thou be a seruaunt vnto this people this day, and folowe their mindes, and aunswere them, & speake kinde wordes to them, they will be thy seruauntes for euer.
  • Ps 40:6-8 : 6 O God my Lord, great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done: & none can count in order thy benefites towarde vs, yf I woulde declare them and speake of them, they shoulde be mo then I am able to expresse. 7 Thou wouldest haue no sacrifice or offeryng, but thou hast opened myne eares: thou hast not required burnt offerynges and sacrifice for sinne. 8 Then sayde I, lo I am come: in the booke of thy lawe it is written of me that I shoulde fulfyll thy wyll O my God, I am content to do it, yea thy lawe is within the middest of my brest.
  • Isa 1:26 : 26 And set thy iudges agayne as they were sometyme, and thy senatours as they were from the begynnyng: and then thou shalt be called the ryghteous citie, the faythfull citie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:16-18
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    16And if he say vnto thee, I wyll not go away from thee: because he loueth thee and thine house, and is well at ease with thee:

    17Then shalt thou take an aule, & nayle his eare to the doore therwith, and let hym be thy seruaunt for euer: And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do likewise.

    18And let it not greeue thine eye, when thou lettest him go out free fro thee, for he hath ben worth a double hired seruaunt to thee in his seruice sixe yeres: And the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.

  • Exod 21:1-5
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    83%

    1These art the lawes whiche thou shalt set before them.

    2If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng.

    3If he came alone, he shall go out alone: and yf he came maryed, his wyfe shall go out with hym.

    4And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

    5And yf the seruaunt say: I loue my maister, my wyfe, and my chyldren, I wyll not go out free:

  • Exod 21:7-9
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    7And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.

    8If she please not her maister, who hath nowe promised her mariage, then shall he let her redeeme her selfe: To sell her vnto a straunge nation shall he haue no power, seyng he despised her.

    9If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters.

  • Exod 21:25-27
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    25Burnyng for burnyng, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.

    26And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake.

    27Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake.

  • Exod 21:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde with a rod, & they dye vnder his hande, he shalbe greeuously punished.

    21And if he continue a day or two, it shal not be reueged, for he is his money.

  • Lev 25:39-42
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    39If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalt not compell hym to serue as a bonde seruaunt:

    40But as an hired seruaunt, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubilee.

    41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with hym, and shall returne vnto his owne kinred agayne, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne.

    42For they are my seruauntes, which I brought out of the lande of Egypt, and shall not therfore be solde as bondmen.

  • Exod 21:30-32
    3 verses
    71%

    30If there be set to hym a sume of money, then he shal geue for the redeeming of his life whatsoeuer is layde vpo him.

    31And whether he haue gored a sonne or a daughter, accordyng to the same iudgement shall it be done vnto him.

    32But if it be a seruaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored, then he shall geue vnto their maister thirtie sicles, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

  • Deut 15:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12If thy brother an Hebrue sell hym selfe to thee, or an Hebrue woman, and serue thee sixe yeres, in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go free from thee.

    13And when thou sendest hym out free from thee, thou shalt not let hym go away emptie:

  • Lev 25:50-55
    6 verses
    70%

    50And he shall recken with hym that bought hym, from the yere that he was solde in, vnto the yere of Iubilee: and the price of his beyng, shalbe accordyng vnto the number of yeres, according to the tyme of an hired seruaunt shall he be with hym.

    51If there be yet many yeres behynde, accordyng vnto them let hym geue againe for his deliueraunce, of the money that he was bought for.

    52If there remayne but fewe yeres vnto the yere of Iubilee, let hym count with hym agayne: and accordyng vnto his yeres, geue hym agayne for his redemption.

    53And he shalbe with hym yere by yere as an hired seruaunt: and the other shal not raigne cruelly ouer him in thy sight.

    54If he be not redeemed thus, he shall go out in the yere of Iubilee, both he and his children with hym:

    55For vnto me the children of Israel are seruauntes, they are my seruauntes which I brought out of the lande of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God.

  • Job 41:4
    70%

    4Wyll he make a couenaunt with thee? or wilt thou take him for a seruaunt for euer?

  • Jer 34:14
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    14When seuen yeres are out, euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free, if he haue serued hym sixe yeres: but your fathers obayed me not, and hearkened not vnto me.

  • Prov 29:21
    69%

    21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • Lev 25:46
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    46And ye shall take them as inheritauce for your children after yon, to possesse them for an inheritaunce, they shalbe your bondmen for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one ouer another cruelly.

  • Exod 12:44
    68%

    44But euery seruaunt that is bought for money, after that thou hast circumcised hym, shall eate therof.

  • Acts 7:7
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    7And the nation to whom they shalbe in bondage, wyll I iudge, sayde God: And after that, shall they come foorth, & serue me in this place.

  • Exod 21:11
    68%

    11And if he do not these three vnto her, the shal she go out free & pay no money.

  • Deut 21:19
    68%

    19Then shall his father and his mother take hym, and bryng hym out vnto the elders of that citie, and vnto the gate of that same place,

  • Deut 23:15-16
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    67%

    15Thou shalt not deliuer vnto his maister, the seruaunt whiche is escaped from his maister vnto thee.

    16He shall dwell with thee euen among you, in what place he hym selfe liketh best, in one of thy cities where it is good for hym, and thou shalt not vexe hym.

  • Lev 25:44
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    44Thy bondseruaunt and thy bondemayde which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye purchase seruauntes and maydes.

  • Matt 18:25
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    25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • Exod 21:16
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    16He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if he be proued vppon hym, shalbe slayne for it.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
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    16And he shal take your men seruauntes, and maide seruauntes, young men, and the chiefe of your asses, and put them to his worke.

  • Deut 21:14
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    14And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then let her go whither she lusteth, and sell her not for money, nor make marchaundize of her, because thou hast humbled her.

  • John 8:35
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    35And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer.

  • Exod 22:8
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    8And if the theefe be not founde, then the good man of ye house shalbe brought vnto the Iudges, that it may be knowen whether he haue put his hande vnto his neyghbours good.

  • Luke 12:46
    67%

    46The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.

  • Jer 34:11
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    11But afterwarde they repented, and toke agayne the seruauntes and handmaydens whom they had let go free, and so made them bonde agayne.