Masters
Authority of, established -- Col 3:22; 1Pe 2:18. Should, with their households, Worship God. -- Ge 35:3. Fear God. -- Ac 10:2. Serve God. -- Jos 24:15. Observe the Sabbath. -- Ex 20:10; De 5:12-14. Put away idols. -- Ge 35:2. Should select faithful servants -- Ge 24:2; Ps 101:6,7. Should receive faithful advice from servants -- 2Ki 5:13,14. Duty of, toward servants; To act justly. -- Job 31:13,15; Col 4:1. To deal with them in the fear of God. -- Eph 6:9; Col 4:1. To esteem them highly, if saints. -- Phm 1:16. To take care of them in sickness. -- Lu 7:3. To forbear threatening them. -- Eph 6:9. Not to defraud them. -- Ge 31:7. Not to keep back their wages. -- Le 19:13; De 24:15. Not to rule over them with rigour. -- Le 25:43; De 24:14. Benevolent, blessed -- De 15:18. Unjust, denounced -- Jer 22:13; Jas 5:4. Good -- Exemplified Abraham. -- Ge 18:19. Jacob. -- Ge 35:2. Joshua. -- Jos 24:15. Centurion. -- Lu 7:2,3. Cornelius. -- Ac 10:2. Bad -- Exemplified Egyptians. -- Ex 1:13,14. Nabal. -- 1Sa 25:17. Amalekite. -- 1Sa 30:13.