Leviticus 25:43 KJV
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Scofield Notes
- fear(See Scofield "Ps 19:9")
Matthew Henry
- Laws respecting bondmen, Oppression forbiddenA native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his...
Thompson Chains
- Oppression (1)See the chain from Exodus 23:9 · 7 links
- Fear GodSee the chain from Deuteronomy 10:12 · 14 links
Cross References
- Colossians 4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
- Exodus 1:13–14 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: …
- Leviticus 25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
- Leviticus 25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
- Ezekiel 34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
- Ephesians 6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
- Exodus 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- Exodus 1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
- Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
- Exodus 3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
- Exodus 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
- Deuteronomy 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
- Isaiah 47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Isaiah 58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
- Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Topics
- Beneficence General scriptures concerning
- Employer General scriptures concerning
- Israel The law delivered to
- Jubilee Laws concerning
- Master Scriptures relating to masters of servants
- Poor Duty to
- Reverence A motive of obedience
- Sabbath Signifying a period of rest
- Sabbatic year Ordinances concerning
- Servant Laws of Moses concerning
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Strong’s Numbers
- Thou shalt not rule רָדָה râdâh
- over him with rigour פֶּרֶךְ perek
- but shalt fear יָרֵא yârêʼ
- thy God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
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