Exodus 21:26

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free for the eye's sake.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:5

Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved; but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Psalm 10:14

Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 10:18

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Exodus 21:20

“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.

Exodus 21:24

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Exodus 21:25

burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Exodus 21:27

If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free for the tooth's sake.

Ephesians 6:9

Masters, do the same to them, and forbear threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.