Leviticus 25:43
Do not afflict him by power, but be fearful of your God.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
In Context
44Let your male and female servants be from the nations which are all around you,
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.
Exodus 2:23In truth, after a long time, the king of Egypt was dead. And the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works. And their cry ascended to God from the works.
Exodus 3:9And so, the outcry of the sons of Israel has come to me. And I have seen their affliction, with which they are oppressed by the Egyptians.
Leviticus 25:17Do not be willing to afflict your countrymen, but let each one fear his God. For I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25:53his wages being charged by what served before. He shall not afflict him violently in your sight.
2 Chronicles 28:10Moreover, you wanted to subjugate the sons of Judah and Jerusalem as your men and women servants, which is a work that should never be done. And so you sinned in this matter against the Lord your God.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:40-55
Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. ( b. c. 1490.) 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought… Read the whole commentary →