Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
Webster Bible
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 male-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 ascended to God, by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 3:9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me: and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Leviticus 25:17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy 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 rigor over him in thy sight.
2 Chronicles 28:10And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bond-men and bond-women to 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 →