Quotes About Servitude

He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.

If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.

Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”

So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed Davidís messengers and became his wife.

So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his masterís servants; he did not go down to his house.

So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ëI will not serve!í Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.