Nehemiah 5:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

We are as good as the others. Our sons are as good as their sons. But we will have to sell our sons and daughters as slaves. Some of us have already had to sell our daughters as slaves. There is nothing we can do. We have already lost our fields and vineyards. Other people own them now.”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

A man from the group of prophets had a wife. This man died, and his wife cried out to Elisha, “My husband was like a servant to you. Now he is dead! You know he honored the Lord. But he owed money to a man. Now that man is coming to take my two boys and make them his slaves!”

Isaiah 58:7

I want you to share your food with the hungry. I want you to find the poor who don’t have homes and bring them into your own homes. When you see people who have no clothes, give them your clothes! Don’t hide from your relatives when they need help.”

Genesis 37:27

We will profit more if we sell him to these traders. Then we will not be guilty of killing our own brother.” The other brothers agreed.

Matthew 18:25

He was not able to pay the money to his master, the king. So the master ordered that he and everything he owned be sold, even his wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

Genesis 29:14

Then Laban said, “This is wonderful! You are from my own family.” So Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “People of Israel, you say that I divorced your mother, Jerusalem. But where is the legal paper that proves I divorced her? My children, did I owe money to someone? Did I sell you to pay a debt? No, you were sold because of the bad things you did. Your mother was sent away because of the bad things you did.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor. The one who borrows is a slave to the one who lends.