Colossians 4:1 Cross References

Colossians 4:1

1: You slave owners must be just and fair to your slaves. Remember that you also have a Master--in heaven.

Ephesians 6:8

  1. Remember that the Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free.
  2. And in the same way, you masters must treat your slaves right. Don't threaten them; remember, you both have the same Master in heaven, and he has no favorites.
  3. A final word: Be strong with the Lord's mighty power.
  4. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil.
  5. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.

Revelation 17:14

  1. Together they will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them because he is Lord over all lords and King over all kings, and his people are the called and chosen and faithful ones."

Luke 16:1

  1. Jesus told this story to his disciples: "A rich man hired a manager to handle his affairs, but soon a rumor went around that the manager was thoroughly dishonest.
  2. So his employer called him in and said, 'What's this I hear about your stealing from me? Get your report in order, because you are going to be dismissed.'
  3. "The manager thought to himself, 'Now what? I'm through here, and I don't have the strength to go out and dig ditches, and I'm too proud to beg.
  4. I know just the thing! And then I'll have plenty of friends to take care of me when I leave!'
  5. "So he invited each person who owed money to his employer to come and discuss the situation. He asked the first one, 'How much do you owe him?'

James 2:13

  1. For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.

Deuteronomy 24:14

  1. "Never take advantage of poor laborers, whether fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns.
  2. Pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

  1. If you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and justice being miscarried throughout the land, don't be surprised! For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice only get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Leviticus 25:39

  1. "If any of your Israelite relatives go bankrupt and sell themselves to you, do not treat them as slaves.
  2. Treat them instead as hired servants or as resident foreigners who live with you, and they will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.
  3. At that time they and their children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clan and ancestral property.
  4. The people of Israel are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, so they must never be sold as slaves.
  5. Show your fear of God by treating them well; never exercise your power over them in a ruthless way.

Matthew 24:48

  1. But if the servant is evil and thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,'
  2. and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk--
  3. well, the master will return unannounced and unexpected.
  4. He will tear the servant apart and banish him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Revelation 19:16

  1. On his robe and thigh was written this title: King of kings and Lord of lords.

James 5:4

  1. For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

Job 31:13

  1. "If I have been unfair to my male or female servants, if I have refused to hear their complaints,
  2. how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me about it?
  3. For God created both me and my servants. He created us both.

Nehemiah 5:5

  1. We belong to the same family, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others."
  2. When I heard their complaints, I was very angry.
  3. After thinking about the situation, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, "You are oppressing your own relatives by charging them interest when they borrow money!" Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
  4. At the meeting I said to them, "The rest of us are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?" And they had nothing to say in their defense.
  5. Then I pressed further, "What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?

Deuteronomy 15:12

  1. "If an Israelite man or woman voluntarily becomes your servant and serves you for six years, in the seventh year you must set that servant free.
  2. "When you release a male servant, do not send him away empty-handed.
  3. Give him a generous farewell gift from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Share with him some of the bounty with which the LORD your God has blessed you.
  4. 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.

Jeremiah 34:9

  1. He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves--both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage.
  2. The officials and all the people had obeyed the king's command,
  3. but later they changed their minds. They took back the people they had freed, making them slaves again.
  4. So the LORD gave them this message through Jeremiah:
  5. "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors long ago when I rescued them from their slavery in Egypt.

Isaiah 58:5

  1. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like a blade of grass in the wind. You dress in sackcloth and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the LORD?
  2. "No, the kind of fasting I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn.
  3. I want you to share your food with the hungry and to welcome poor wanderers into your homes. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
  4. "If you do these things, your salvation will come like the dawn. Yes, your healing will come quickly. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
  5. Then when you call, the LORD will answer. `Yes, I am here,' he will quickly reply. "Stop oppressing the helpless and stop making false accusations and spreading vicious rumors!

Job 24:11

  1. They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it, and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.
  2. The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the wounded cry for help, yet God does not respond to their moaning.

Luke 19:15

  1. "When he returned, the king called in the servants to whom he had given the money. He wanted to find out what they had done with the money and what their profits were.

Malachi 3:5

  1. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Leviticus 19:13

  1. "Do not cheat or rob anyone. "Always pay your hired workers promptly.

Matthew 23:8

  1. Don't ever let anyone call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and all of you are on the same level as brothers and sisters.
  2. And don't address anyone here on earth as 'Father,' for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.

Isaiah 58:3

  1. `We have fasted before you!' they say. `Why aren't you impressed? We have done much penance, and you don't even notice it!'"I will tell you why! It's because you are living for yourselves even while you are fasting. You keep right on oppressing your workers.
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