1 Timothy 6:1

New Century Version

All who are slaves under a yoke should show full respect to their masters so no one will speak against God’s name and our teaching.

Cross References

Genesis 16:9

The angel of the Lord said to her, “Go home to your mistress and obey her.”

Genesis 24:12

The servant said, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, allow me to find a wife for his son today. Please show this kindness to my master Abraham.

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of everything he owned, “Put your hand under my leg.

Genesis 24:27

and said, “Blessed is the Lord, the God of my master Abraham. The Lord has been kind and truthful to him and has led me to my master’s relatives.”

2 Samuel 12:14

But what you did caused the Lord’s enemies to lose all respect for him. For this reason the son who was born to you will die.”

2 Kings 5:13

Naaman’s servants came near and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? Doesn’t it make more sense just to do it? After all, he only told you, ‘Wash, and you will be clean.’ ”

Nehemiah 9:5

Then these Levites spoke: Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who lives forever and ever.” “Blessed be your wonderful name. It is more wonderful than all blessing and praise.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, so I rejected those who belonged to me. I gave them to you, but you showed them no mercy. You even made the old people work very hard.

Isaiah 52:5

“Now see what has happened,” says the Lord. “Another nation has taken away my people for nothing. This nation who rules them makes fun of me,” says the Lord. “All day long they speak against me.

Isaiah 58:6

“I will tell you the kind of fast I want: Free the people you have put in prison unfairly and undo their chains. Free those to whom you are unfair and stop their hard labor.

Ezekiel 36:20

They dishonored my holy name in the nations where they went. The nations said about them ‘These are the people of the Lord, but they had to leave the land which he gave them.’

Ezekiel 36:23

I will prove the holiness of my great name, which has been dishonored among the nations. You have dishonored it among these nations, but the nations will know that I am the Lord when I prove myself holy before their eyes, says the Lord God.

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful says, “A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master.” I am a father, so why don’t you honor me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’

Matthew 11:30

The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry is light.”

Matthew 11:9

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

Luke 17:1

Jesus said to his followers, “Things that cause people to sin will happen, but how terrible for the person who causes them to happen!

Acts 10:22

They said, “A holy angel spoke to Cornelius, an army officer and a good man; he worships God. All the people respect him. The angel told Cornelius to ask you to come to his house so that he can hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:7

When the angel who spoke to Cornelius left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier, a religious man who worked for him.

Acts 15:10

So now why are you testing God by putting a heavy load around the necks of the non-Jewish believers? It is a load that neither we nor our ancestors were able to carry.

Romans 2:24

just as the Scriptures say: “Those who are not Jews speak against God’s name because of you.”

1 Corinthians 10:32

Never do anything that might hurt others—Jews, Greeks, or God’s church—

Galatians 5:1

We have freedom now, because Christ made us free. So stand strong. Do not change and go back into the slavery of the law.

Deuteronomy 28:48

so you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, naked, and poor, and the Lord will put a load on you until he has destroyed you.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their homes. Then no enemy will have any reason to criticize them.

Titus 2:5

to be wise and pure, to be good workers at home, to be kind, and to yield to their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

1 Peter 2:12

People who do not believe are living all around you and might say that you are doing wrong. Live such good lives that they will see the good things you do and will give glory to God on the day when Christ comes again.

1 Peter 3:16

but answer in a gentle way and with respect. Keep a clear conscience so that those who speak evil of your good life in Christ will be made ashamed.