Master

How Nave’s arranged it

• Jesus calledMatthew 8:19Matthew 10:25Matthew 23:8Matthew 26:18Matthew 26:25Matthew 26:49Mark 14:45Luke 8:24John 13:13John 13:14
• Jesus prohibited the appellationMatthew 23:8
• SCRIPTURES RELATING TO MASTERS OF SERVANTSExodus 21:20Exodus 21:21Exodus 21:26Exodus 21:27Leviticus 19:13Leviticus 25:43Deuteronomy 5:14Deuteronomy 24:14Deuteronomy 24:15Job 31:13–15Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 29:12Proverbs 29:21Jeremiah 22:13Malachi 3:5Romans 4:4Ephesians 6:9Colossians 4:11 Timothy 5:18Philemon 1:10–16
• See Servant
• GOOD MASTER, INSTANCES OF
• AbrahamGenesis 18:19
• JOBJob 31:13–15
• The centurionLuke 7:2
• UNJUST MASTER, INSTANCES OF
• Sarah to HagarGenesis 16:6
• Laban to JacobGenesis 31:7
• Potiphar's wife to JosephGenesis 39:7–20

The passages, in Bible order (36)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 16:6

   “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 16:62 voices

   “Thy maid is in thy hand - Though she was his wife, he would not countenance her in any thing disrespectful to Sarai. Those who would keep up peace and love, must return first answers to hard accusations; husbands and wives particularly should endeavour not to be both angry together.

   “Sarah dealt hardly with her - תאנה teanneha, she afflicted her; the term implying stripes and hard usage, to bring down the body and humble the mind. If the slave was to blame in this business the mistress is not less liable to censure. She alone had brought her into those circumstances, in which it was natural for her to value herself beyond her mistress.

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2. Genesis 18:19

   For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 18:192 voices

   “For I know him,.... Not only by his omniscience, but with a special knowledge, such as is accompanied with peculiar love and affection; and so Jarchi says, it is expressive of love.

   “And they shall keep the way of the Lord - The true religion; God’s way; that in which God walks himself, and in which, of course, his followers walk also; to do justice and judgment; not only to preserve the truth in their creed, but maintain it in their practice.

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3. Genesis 31:7

   And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:72 voices

   “(Chapter XXXI, verses 7 and 8) And your father deceived me and changed my wages ten times, and God did not allow him to harm me. If he said, 'Your wages will be the spotted flock,' then every flock was born spotted. And if he said, 'Your wages will be the solid-colored flock,' then every flock was born solid-colored. Because of this, he changed my wages ten times. The Seventy Interpreters have stated, driven by some unknown opinion, that 'moni' in the Hebrew language means 'number' rather than 'lambs.'

   “Changed my wages ten times - There is a strange diversity among the ancient versions, and ancient and modern interpreters, on the meaning of these words. The Hebrew is עשרת מנים asereth monim, which Aquila translates δεκα αριθμους ten numbers; Symmachus, δεκακις αριτμῳ, ten times in number; the Septuagint δεκα αμνων, ten lambs, with which Origen appears to agree.

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4. Genesis 39:7–20

   and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

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5. Exodus 21:20

   If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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   “The Jewish authorities appear to be right in referring this law, like those in Exo 21:26-27, Exo 21:32, to foreign slaves (see Lev 25:44-46). The protection here afforded to the life of a slave may seem to us but a slight one; but it is the very earliest trace of such protection in legislation, and it stands in strong and favorable contrast with the old laws of Greece, Rome, and other nations.

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6. Exodus 21:21

   However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 21:211 voice

   “If the slave who had been beaten by his master died under his hand, the master was punished with death - see Gen 9:5, Gen 9:6. But if he survived the beating a day or two the master was not punished, because it might be presumed that the man died through some other cause. And all penal laws should be construed as favourably as possible to the accused.

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7. Exodus 21:26

   If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

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8. Exodus 21:27

   And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 21:271 voice

   “If he smite out his - tooth - It was a noble law that obliged the unmerciful slaveholder to set the slave at liberty whose eye or tooth he had knocked out. If this did not teach them humanity, it taught them caution, as one rash blow might have deprived them of all right to the future services of the slave; and thus self-interest obliged them to be cautious and circumspect.

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9. Leviticus 19:13

   You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:132 voices

   “Let no one deny the hireling the wage he is owed, since we too are hirelings of our God, and from him we look forward to the reward of our labor. And if you indeed, whatever type of businessman you are, deny your hireling a monetary payment that is a perishable trifle, you shall be denied the reward of heaven that has been promised. You shall not defraud, as the law says, the hireling of his pay.

   “Let the day-labourer have his wages as soon as he has done his day's work, if he desire it. It is a great sin to deny the payment of it, nay, to defer it, to his damage, a sin that cries to heaven for vengeance, Jam. v. 4 .

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10. Leviticus 25:43

    You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 25:431 voice

    “Fear thy God - Yahweh was the Lord and Master of His people. To treat a Hebrew as a slave was therefore to interfere with the rights of Yahweh. Compare Rom 14:4.

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11. Deuteronomy 5:14

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:141 voice

    “Nor thine ox, nor thine ass,.... In Exo 20:10, it is only in general said: nor thy cattle: here by way of illustration and explanation the ox and the ass are particularly mentioned; the one being used in ploughing ground, and treading out the corn, and the other in carrying burdens; and it is added: nor any of thy cattle; as their camels, or whatever else they were wont to use in any kind of service; they were none of them to do any kind of work on the sabbath day.

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12. Deuteronomy 24:14

    Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:141 voice

    “Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy--Hired servants in the East are paid at the close of the day; and for a master to defraud the laborer of his hire, or to withhold it wrongfully for a night, might have subjected a poor man with his family to suffering and was therefore an injustice to be avoided (Le 19:13).

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13. Deuteronomy 24:15

    You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:151 voice

    “He is poor, and setteth his heart upon it - How exceedingly natural is this! The poor servant who seldom sees money, yet finds from his master’s affluence that it procures all the conveniences and comforts of life, longs for the time when he shall receive his wages; should his pay be delayed after the time is expired, he may naturally be expected to cry unto God against him who withholds it. See most of these subjects treated at large on Exo 22:21-27 (note).

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14. Job 31:13–15

    If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

    ›Commentary on Job 31:13–151 voice

    “If I despised to submit to judgment with my man-servant or with my maid-servant, when they contended with me. For he who did not refuse to be 'judged with menservants and maid-servants,' clearly shews that against no fellow-creature was he at any time swoln with pride in himself. But herein it is interesting to remark with what circumspection the holy man preserved his life in all respects. For not far above he said, The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose and stood up. The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

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15. Proverbs 22:16

    Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

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16. Proverbs 29:12

    If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 29:121 voice

    “If a ruler hearken to lies - Wherever the system of espionage is permitted to prevail, there the system of falsity is established; for he who is capable of being a spy and informer, is not only capable of telling and swearing lies, but also of cutting his king’s or even his father’s throat. I have seen cases, where the same spy received pay from both parties, and deceived both.

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