Deuteronomy 15:13

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Deuteronomy 15:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

12 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.

13 And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.

14 You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.

15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

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Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”

Exodus 3:21

And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

Leviticus 25:42

Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

Leviticus 25:43

You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:44

Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

Proverbs 3:28

Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.