Deuteronomy 15:13

New American Bible - revised edition

When you release a male from your service, as a free person, you shall not send him away empty-handed,

Cross References

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, you would now have sent me away empty-handed. But God saw my plight and the fruits of my toil, and last night he reproached you.”

Exodus 3:21

I will even make the Egyptians so well-disposed toward this people that, when you go, you will not go empty-handed.

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe to him who builds his house on wrongdoing, his roof-chambers on injustice; Who works his neighbors without pay, and gives them no wages.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 15:12

If your kin, a Hebrew man or woman, sells himself or herself to you, he or she is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year you shall release him or her as a free person.

Deuteronomy 15:14

but shall weigh him down with gifts from your flock and threshing floor and wine press; as the Lord, your God, has blessed you, so you shall give to him.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, realizing that you too have a Master in heaven. Prayer and Apostolic Spirit.