Forced Labor

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. — read the full passage →

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. — read the full passage →

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. — read the full passage →

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. — read the full passage →

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. — read the full passage →

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. — read the full passage →

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. — read the full passage →

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. — read the full passage →

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, — read the full passage →

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. — read the full passage →

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. — read the full passage →

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; — read the full passage →

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.