Deuteronomy 15:13
New King James Version
13 And when you [a]send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;
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- Deuteronomy 15:13 set him free
Malachi 3:5
New King James Version
5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who (B)exploit wage earners and (C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 22:13
New King James Version
13 “Woe(A) to him who builds his house by unrighteousness
And his [a]chambers by injustice,
(B)Who uses his neighbor’s service without wages
And gives him nothing for his work,
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- Jeremiah 22:13 Lit. roof chambers, upper chambers
Proverbs 3:27-28
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27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.
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- Proverbs 3:27 Lit. its owners
Colossians 4:1
New King James Version
Christian Graces; Final Greetings
4 Masters,(A) give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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Leviticus 25:42-44
New King James Version
42 For they are (A)My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves. 43 (B)You shall not rule over him (C)with [a]rigor, but you (D)shall fear your God. 44 And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have—from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
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- Leviticus 25:43 severity
Exodus 3:21
New King James Version
21 And (A)I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed.
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Genesis 31:42
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42 (A)Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and (B)the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. (C)God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and (D)rebuked you last night.”
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