Exodus 21:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'

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  • Deut 15:16-17 : 16 And it shall be, if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you; 17 Then you shall take an awl, and pierce it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant, you shall do likewise.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died: 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside You have had dominion over us, but by You only will we make mention of Your name.

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  • Exod 21:2-4
    3 verses
    87%

    2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free, without paying anything.

    3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was married, then his wife shall go out with him.

    4If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

  • Exod 21:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

    6then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

    7And if a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

    8If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

    9And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

    10If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marriage rights.

    11And if he does not do these three things for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

  • Deut 15:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16And it shall be, if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

    17Then you shall take an awl, and pierce it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant, you shall do likewise.

    18It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant to you, in serving you six years: and the LORD your God shall bless you in all that you do.

  • Exod 21:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26If a man strikes the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

    27And if he knocks out his male servant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

  • Lev 25:39-42
    4 verses
    76%

    39And if your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

    40But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of Jubilee:

    41And then he shall depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return.

    42For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

  • Lev 25:53-55
    3 verses
    75%

    53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight.

    54And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of Jubilee, both he, and his children with him.

    55For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 15:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12And if your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

    13And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty.

  • Exod 21:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20And if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

    21However, if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

  • Deut 23:15
    72%

    15You shall not deliver to his master the servant who has escaped from his master to you:

  • Jer 34:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

    14At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you. But your fathers did not listen to me, nor incline their ear.

  • Deut 21:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her.

    15If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers that was hated,

  • Jer 34:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9That every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should enslave them, a Jew his brother.

    10Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant go free, and that none should enslave themselves anymore, they obeyed and let them go.

    11But afterward they turned and forced the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

  • Exod 4:23
    71%

    23And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.

  • Matt 18:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

    26The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.

  • 1 Cor 7:21
    71%

    21Were you called while a servant? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.

  • Ps 116:16
    70%

    16O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds.

  • Col 3:22
    70%

    22Servants, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing God.

  • Eph 6:5
    70%

    5Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

  • Prov 29:21
    69%

    21He who delicately brings up his servant from childhood shall have him as a son in the end.

  • John 8:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever.

    36If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

  • Lev 25:51
    69%

    51If there be yet many years remaining, according to them he shall refund the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

  • Job 31:13
    69%

    13If I have despised the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they contended with me;

  • Exod 21:32
    69%

    32If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

  • Job 41:4
    69%

    4Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?

  • Gen 44:33
    68%

    33Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

  • Titus 2:9
    68%

    9Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back;

  • Gen 30:26
    68%

    26"Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go, for you know my service which I have done for you."