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Leviticus 25:43

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

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ASV

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

KJV

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תִרְדֶּ֥הtir.Dehyou will ruleH7287 →
ב֖וֹvoover <the> him
בְּפָ֑רֶךְbe.Fa.rekhwith harshnessH6531 →
וְיָרֵ֖אתָve.ya.Re.taand you will fearH3372 →
מֵאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃me.'e.lo.Hei.khafrom God yourH430 →

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Genesis 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:Colossians 4:1Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.Leviticus 25:46You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.Leviticus 25:17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.Exodus 1:13–14They worked the Israelites ruthlesslyLeviticus 25:53He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.Ephesians 6:9And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.Exodus 5:14Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”Exodus 1:21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.Isaiah 58:3“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.Deuteronomy 25:18how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

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About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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