THEOSISLeviticus 25:43Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God.
לֹא־תִרְדֶּ֥ה ב֖וֹ בְּפָ֑רֶךְ וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Col 4:1Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing that you also have a master in heaven.
- Lev 25:17Do not afflict your countrymen: but let every one fear his God. Because I am the Lord your God.
- Ex 1:13And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:
- Ex 1:14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.
- Lev 25:46And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.
- Eph 6:9And you, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatenings: knowing that the Lord both of them and you is in heaven. And there is no respect of persons with him.
- Lev 25:53His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.
- Ezek 34:4The weak you have not strengthened, and that which was sick you have not healed, that which was broken you have not bound up, and that which was driven away you have not brought again, neither have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled over them with rigour, and with a high hand.