Forced Labor

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

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

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners 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 beheld indeed the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that 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 put under taskwork.

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

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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

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

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

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

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; Butthe simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah 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 wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a 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 in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, — read the full passage →

And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family;

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. — read the full passage →

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

But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.

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

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; 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 maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. — read the full passage →

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

Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah 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 pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.