Nehemiah 5:5 Cross References
Nehemiah 5:5
5: 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 Kings 4:1
- One day the widow of one of Elisha's fellow prophets came to Elisha and cried out to him, "My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the LORD. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves."
Leviticus 25:39
- "If any of your Israelite relatives go bankrupt and sell themselves to you, do not treat them as slaves.
- 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.
- At that time they and their children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clan and ancestral property.
- The people of Israel are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, so they must never be sold as slaves.
- Show your fear of God by treating them well; never exercise your power over them in a ruthless way.
Genesis 37:27
- Let's sell Joseph to those Ishmaelite traders. Let's not be responsible for his death; after all, he is our brother!" And his brothers agreed.
Isaiah 58:7
- 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.
James 2:5
- Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?
- And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Genesis 29:14
- "Just think, my very own flesh and blood!" Laban exclaimed. After Jacob had been there about a month,
Matthew 18:25
- He couldn't pay, so the king ordered that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.
Exodus 21:1
- "Here are some other instructions you must present to Israel:
- "If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.
- If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him.
- "If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.
- But the slave may plainly declare, `I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.'