1 Timothy 6:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who are under the yoke of slavery must regard their masters as worthy of full respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not suffer abuse.

Cross References

Genesis 16:9

But the Lord’s angel told her: “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.

Genesis 24:12

Then he said: “Lord, God of my master Abraham, let it turn out favorably for me today and thus deal graciously with my master Abraham.

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to the senior servant of his household, who had charge of all his possessions: “Put your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:27

saying: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not let his kindness and fidelity toward my master fail. As for me, the Lord has led me straight to the house of my master’s brother.”

2 Samuel 12:14

but since you have utterly spurned the Lord by this deed, the child born to you will surely die.”

2 Kings 5:13

But his servants came up and reasoned with him: “My father, if the prophet told you to do something extraordinary, would you not do it? All the more since he told you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

Nehemiah 9:5

The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, “Arise, bless the Lord, your God, from eternity to eternity!” “And may they bless your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.”

Isaiah 47:6

Angry at my people, I profaned my heritage And gave them into your power; but you showed them no mercy; Upon the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

Isaiah 52:5

But now, what am I to do here? —oracle of the Lord. My people have been taken away for nothing; their rulers mock, oracle of the Lord; constantly, every day, my name is reviled.

Isaiah 58:6

Is this not, rather, the fast that I choose: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking off every yoke?

Ezekiel 36:20

But when they came to the nations, where they went, they desecrated my holy name, for people said of them: “These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave their land.”

Ezekiel 36:23

But I will show the holiness of my great name, desecrated among the nations, in whose midst you desecrated it. Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord—oracle of the Lord God—when through you I show my holiness before their very eyes.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If, then, I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who disdain my name. But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”

Matthew 11:30

For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

Matthew 11:9

Then why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Luke 17:1

He said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur.

Acts 10:22

They answered, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:7

When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from his staff,

Acts 15:10

Why, then, are you now putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Romans 2:24

For, as it is written, “Because of you the name of God is reviled among the Gentiles.”

1 Corinthians 10:32

Avoid giving offense, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God,

Galatians 5:1

For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.

Deuteronomy 28:48

in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and utter want, you will serve the enemies whom the Lord will send against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck, until he destroys you. Invasion and Siege.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers, under the control of their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.

1 Peter 2:12

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation. Christian Citizens.

1 Peter 3:16

but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame.