Nehemiah 5:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery.  Some of our daughters are already enslaved,  but we are powerless  because our fields and vineyards belong to others.’

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

One of the wives of the sons of the prophets  cried out to Elisha, ‘Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord.  Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.’

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?  ,

Genesis 37:27

Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,’ and his brothers agreed.

Matthew 18:25

Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

Genesis 29:14

Laban said to him, ‘Yes, you are my own flesh and blood.’  , After Jacob had stayed with him for a month,

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.