Deuteronomy 15:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

Let it not grieue thee, when thou lettest him goe out free from thee: for he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, which is the double worth of an hired seruant: and the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.

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  • Isa 16:14 : 14 And nowe the Lorde hath spoken, saying, In three yeres, as the yeeres of a hireling, and the glorie of Moab shall be contemned in all the great multitude, & the remnant shalbe very small and feeble.
  • Isa 21:16 : 16 For thus hath the Lorde sayd vnto me, Yet a yeere according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glorie of Kedar shall faile.
  • Luke 17:7-8 : 7 Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table? 8 And woulde not rather say to him, Dresse wherewith I may suppe, and girde thy selfe, and serue mee, till I haue eaten and drunken, and afterward eate thou, and drinke thou?

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  • Deut 15:12-17
    6 verses
    82%

    12If thy brother an Ebrewe sell himselfe to thee, or an Ebrewesse, and serue thee sixe yeere, euen in the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe free from thee:

    13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,

    14But shalt giue him a liberall reward of thy sheepe, and of thy corne, and of thy wine: thou shalt giue him of that wherewith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee.

    15And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, & the Lord thy God deliuered thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

    16And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee & thine house, and because he is well with thee,

    17Then shalt thou take a naule, and perce his eare through against the doore, and he shall be thy seruant for euer: and vnto thy maid seruant thou shall doe likewise.

  • Exod 21:2
    81%

    2If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shall serue sixe yeres, and in the seuenth he shal go out free, for nothing.

  • Jer 34:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14At the terme of seuen yeres let ye go, euery man his brother an Ebrewe which hath bene solde vnto thee: and when he hath serued the sixe yeres, thou shalt let him go free fro thee: but your fathers obeyed me not, neither inclined their eares.

    15And ye were nowe turned, and had done right in my sight in proclayming libertie, euery man to his neighbour, and ye had made a couenant before mee in the house, whereupon my Name is called.

  • Lev 25:39-44
    6 verses
    75%

    39If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant,

    40But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee: he shall serue thee vnto the yeere of the Iubile.

    41Then shall he depart from thee, both hee, and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne:

    42For they are my seruants, whom I brought out of the lande of Egypt: they shall not be solde as bondmen are solde.

    43Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.

    44Thy bond seruant also, & thy bond maid, which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes.

  • Deut 15:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

    10Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

  • Lev 25:52-54
    3 verses
    74%

    52If there remaine but fewe yeeres vnto the yeere of Iubile, then he shall count with him, and according to his yeeres giue againe for his redemption.

    53He shalbe with him yeere by yeere as an hired seruant: he shall not rule cruelly ouer him in thy sight.

    54And if he be not redeemed thus, he shal go out in the yeere of Iubile, he, and his children with him.

  • Deut 24:18
    74%

    18But remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt, and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence. Therefore I commaund thee to doe this thing.

  • Exod 21:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,

    6Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, & set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shall serue him for euer.

    7Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shal not goe out as the men seruantes doe.

  • Deut 23:15
    73%

    15Thou shalt not deliuer the seruant vnto his master, which is escaped from his master vnto thee.

  • Lev 25:50
    72%

    50Then he shall recken with his byer from the yeere that he was solde to him, vnto the yere of Iubile: and the money of his sale shalbe according to the number of yeeres: according to the time of an hyred seruant shall he be with him.

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

    15Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • Exod 21:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.

    27Also if he smite out his seruants tooth, or his maides tooth, he shall let him goe out free for his tooth.

  • Jer 34:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9That euery man should let his seruant go free, and euery man his handmayde, which was an Ebrue or an Ebruesse, and that none should serue himselfe of them, to wit, of a Iewe his brother.

    10Now when all the princes, and all the people which had agreed to the couenant, heard that euery one should let his seruant go free, & euery one his handmaide, and that none should serue them selues of them any more, they obeyed and let them go.

  • Deut 15:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1At the terme of seuen yeeres thou shalt make a freedome.

    2And this is the maner of the freedome: euery creditour shall quite ye lone of his hand which he hath lent to his neighbour: he shall not aske it againe of his neighbour, nor of his brother: for the yeere of the Lords freedome is proclaimed.

    3Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit:

  • Deut 21:14
    71%

    14And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then thou mayest let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not sell her for money, nor make marchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

  • Deut 16:12
    71%

    12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt: therefore thou shalt obserue and doe these ordinances.

  • Deut 24:22
    71%

    22And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to doe this thing.

  • Deut 6:18
    70%

    18And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou mayest prosper, & that thou mayest go in, & possesse that good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,

  • Deut 5:15
    70%

    15For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence by a mightie hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day.

  • Deut 15:19
    70%

    19All the first borne males that come of thy cattell, and of thy sheepe, thou shalt sanctifie vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt do no worke with thy first borne bullocke, nor sheare thy first borne sheepe.

  • Deut 12:18
    70%

    18But thou shalt eate it before the Lorde thy God, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse, thou, & thy sonne, & thy daughter, & thy seruat, and thy maid, and the Leuite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

  • Deut 16:10
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    10And thou shalt keepe the feast of weekes vnto the Lord thy God, euen a free gift of thine hand, which thou shalt giue vnto the Lorde thy God, as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Lev 25:6
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    6And the rest of the lande shall be meate for you, euen for thee, and for thy seruant, and for thy mayde, and for thy hired seruant, and for the stranger that soiourneth with thee:

  • Exod 23:10
    69%

    10Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,

  • Deut 15:6
    69%

    6For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee, as he hath promised thee: and thou shalt lend vnto many nations, but thou thy selfe shalt not borow, and thou shalt reigne ouer many nations, & they shall not reigne ouer thee.

  • Isa 14:3
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    3And in that day when the Lord shal giue thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy feare, and from the sore bodage, wherein thou didest serue,

  • Deut 16:17
    69%

    17Euery man shall giue according to the gift of his hand, and according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath giuen thee.

  • Lev 25:3
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    3Sixe yeeres thou shalt sowe thy field, and sixe yeeres thou shalt cut thy vineyarde, and gather the fruite thereof.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
    69%

    16And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.