Exodus 21:6

American King James Version (1999)

Then his master shall bring him to the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:7

And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.

Psalm 82:1

God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods.

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

Exodus 21:22

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Exodus 21:5

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Exodus 21:7

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

Exodus 22:28

You shall not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of your people.

Isaiah 1:26

And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

Leviticus 25:23

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with me.

Leviticus 25:40

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you to the year of jubilee.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brothers, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Deuteronomy 15:16

And it shall be, if he say to you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

Deuteronomy 15:17

Then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant for ever. And also to your maidservant you shall do likewise.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah went not up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

1 Samuel 27:12

And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

1 Samuel 28:2

And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever.