Leviticus 25:43
You shall not rule over him with rigour; but shall fear your God.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
Exodus 2:23And 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 3:9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Leviticus 25:17All of you shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God:for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 25:53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in your sight.
2 Chronicles 28:10And now all of you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins 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 →