Exodus 21:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Deut 15:16-17 : 16 And 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, 17 Then 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.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For that loue of Christ constraineth vs, 15 Because we thus iudge, that if one be dead for all, then were all dead, and he died for all, that they which liue, shoulde not henceforth liue vnto themselues, but vnto him which died for them, and rose againe.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee, haue ruled vs, but we will remember thee onely, and thy Name.

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  • Exod 21:2-4
    3 verses
    87%

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

    3If he came himselfe alone, he shall goe out himselfe alone: if hee were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

    4If his master haue giuen him a wife, and she hath borne him sonnes or daughters, he wife and her children shalbe her masters, but he shall goe out himselfe alone.

  • Exod 21:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

    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.

    8If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.

    9But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shal deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.

    10If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.

    11And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.

  • Deut 15:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    18Let 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.

  • Exod 21:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Lev 25:39-42
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Lev 25:53-55
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

    55For vnto me the children of Israel are seruants: they are my seruants, who I haue brought out of the land of Egypt: I am ye Lord your God.

  • Deut 15:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    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,

  • Exod 21:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.

    21But if he continue a day, or two dayes, hee shall not be punished: for he is his money.

  • Deut 23:15
    72%

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

  • Jer 34:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I made a couenant with your fathers, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of seruants, saying,

    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.

  • Deut 21:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    15If a man haue two wiues, one loued and another hated, and they haue borne him children, both the loued and also the hated: if the first borne be the sonne of the hated,

  • Jer 34:9-11
    3 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.

    11But afterwarde they repented and caused the seruants and the handmayds, whom they had let go free, to returne, and helde them in subiection as seruants and handmayds.

  • Exod 4:23
    71%

    23Wherefore I say to thee, Let my sonne go, that he may serue me: if thou refuse to let him goe, beholde, I will slay thy sonne, euen thy first borne.

  • Matt 18:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25And because he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the dette to be payed.

    26The seruant therefore fell downe, and worshipped him, saying, Lorde, refraine thine anger toward me, and I will pay thee all.

  • 1 Cor 7:21
    71%

    21Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.

  • Ps 116:16
    70%

    16Beholde, Lord: for I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thine handmaide: thou hast broken my bondes.

  • Col 3:22
    70%

    22Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God.

  • Eph 6:5
    70%

    5Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with feare & trembling in singlenesse of your hearts as vnto Christ,

  • Prov 29:21
    69%

    21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • John 8:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35And the seruant abideth not in the house for euer: but the Sonne abideth for euer.

    36If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.

  • Lev 25:51
    69%

    51If there be many yeeres behind, according to them he shall giue againe for his deliuerance, of the money that he was bought for.

  • Job 31:13
    69%

    13If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,

  • Exod 21:32
    69%

    32If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shal giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

  • Job 41:4
    69%

    4(40:23) Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?

  • Gen 44:33
    68%

    33Nowe therefore, I pray thee, let me thy seruant bide for the childe, as a seruant to my Lord, and let the childe go vp with his brethren.

  • Titus 2:9
    68%

    9Let seruants be subiect to their masters, & please them in al things, not answering again,

  • Gen 30:26
    68%

    26Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.