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Col 4:1 — Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

give		Lev 19:13; Lev 25:39-43; Deu 15:12-15; Deu 24:14,15; Neh 5:5-13; Job 24:11,12; Job 31:13-15; Isa 58:3,5-9; Jer 34:9-17; Mal 3:5; Jam 2:13; Jam 5:4
ye		Ecc 5:8; Mat 23:8,9; Mat 24:48-51; Luk 16:1-13; Luk 19:15; Eph 6:8,9; etc.; Rev 17:14; Rev 19:16

Correlating Passages

give

	Lev 19:13	Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
	Lev 25:39	And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
	Lev 25:40	[But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
	Lev 25:41	And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
	Lev 25:42	For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
	Lev 25:43	Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
	Deu 15:12	[And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
	Deu 15:13	And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
	Deu 15:14	Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
	Deu 15:15	And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
	Deu 24:14	Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:
	Deu 24:15	At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
	Neh 5:5	Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
	Neh 5:6	And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
	Neh 5:7	Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
	Neh 5:8	And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer].
	Neh 5:9	Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
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	Job 24:11	[Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
	Job 24:12	Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
	Job 31:13	If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
	Job 31:14	What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
	Job 31:15	Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
	Isa 58:3	Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
	Isa 58:5	Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
	Isa 58:6	[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
	Isa 58:7	[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
	Isa 58:8	Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
	Isa 58:9	Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
	Jer 34:9	That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, [being] an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.
	Jer 34:10	Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let [them] go.
	Jer 34:11	But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
	Jer 34:12	Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
	Jer 34:13	Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
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	Mal 3:5	And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
	Jam 2:13	For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
	Jam 5:4	Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

	Ecc 5:8	If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
	Mat 23:8	But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.
	Mat 23:9	And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
	Mat 24:48	But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
	Mat 24:49	And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
	Mat 24:50	The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of,
	Mat 24:51	And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
	Luk 16:1	And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
	Luk 16:2	And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
	Luk 16:3	Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
	Luk 16:4	I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
	Luk 16:5	So he called every one of his lord's debtors [unto him], and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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	Luk 19:15	And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
	Eph 6:8	Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
	Eph 6:9	And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
	Rev 17:14	These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.
	Rev 19:16	And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

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Scott, Thomas. "Colossians 4:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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