Bible Concordances

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Servants

• Early mention of
  Genesis 9:25,26

• DIVIDED INTO
  • Male
    Genesis 24:34; 32:5
  • Female
    Genesis 16:6; 32:5
  • Bond
    Genesis 43:18; Leviticus 25:46
  • Hired
    Mark 1:20; Luke 15:17

• Persons devoted to the service of another so called
  Psalm 119:49; Isaiah 56:6

• The subjects of a prince or king so called
  Exodus 9:20; 11:8

• Persons of low condition so called
  Ecclesiastes 10:7

• Persons devoted to God so called
  Psalm 119:49; Isaiah 56:6; Romans 1:1

• The term often used to express humility
  Genesis 18:3; 33:5; 1 Samuel 20:7; 1 Kings 20:32

• HIRED
  • Called hireling
    Job 7:1; John 10:12,13
  • Engaged by the year
    Leviticus 25:53; Isaiah 16:14
  • Engaged by the day
    Matthew 20:2
  • Not to be oppressed
    Deuteronomy 24:14
  • To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service
    Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:15
  • To be esteemed worthy of their hire
    Luke 10:7
  • To partake of the produce of the land in the sabbatical Year
    Leviticus 25:6
  • If foreigners not allowed to partake of the passover or Holy things
    Exodus 12:45; Leviticus 22:10
  • Anxiety of, for the end of their daily toil, alluded to
    Job 7:2
  • Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
    Leviticus 25:39,40
  • Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as
    Leviticus 25:47,53
  • Often stood in the market place waiting for employment
    Matthew 20:1-3
  • Often will fed and taken care of
    Luke 15:17
  • Often oppressed and their wages kept back
    Malachi 3:5; James 5:4

• SLAVES OR BOND
  • Called bondmen
    Genesis 43:18; 44:9
  • By birth
    Genesis 14:14; Psalm 116:16; Jeremiah 2:14
  • By purchase
    Genesis 17:27; 37:36
  • Captives taken in war often kept as
    Deuteronomy 20:14; 2 Kings 5:2
  • Strangers sojourning in Israel might be purchased as
    Leviticus 25:45
  • Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased as
    Leviticus 25:44
  • Persons unable to pay their debts liable to be sold as
    2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:4,5; Matthew 18:25
  • Thieves unable to make restitution were sold as
    Exodus 22:3
  • More valuable than hired servants
    Deuteronomy 15:18
  • When Israelites not to be treated with rigour
    Leviticus 25:39,40,46
  • When Israelites to have their liberty after six years Service
    Exodus 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:12
  • Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their Ears bored to the door
    Exodus 21:5,6; Deuteronomy 15:16,17
  • Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their Nearest of kin
    Leviticus 25:47-55
  • All Israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
    Leviticus 25:10,40,41,54
  • Could not when set free demand wives or children procured During servitude
    Exodus 21:3,4
  • To be furnished liberally, when their servitude expired
    Deuteronomy 15:13,14
  • When foreigners to be circumcised
    Genesis 17:13,27; Exodus 12:44
  • To be allowed to rest on the Sabbath
    Exodus 20:10
  • To participate in all national rejoicings
    Deuteronomy 12:18; 16:11,14
  • Persons of distinction had many
    Genesis 14:14; Ecclesiastes 2:7
  • Engaged in the most menial offices
    1 Samuel 25:41; John 13:4,5
  • Maimed of injured by masters to have their freedom
    Exodus 21:26,27
  • Masters to be recompensed for injury done to
    Exodus 21:32
  • Laws respecting the killing of
    Exodus 21:20,21
  • Of others not to be coveted or enticed away
    Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21
  • Seeking protection not to be delivered up to masters
    Deuteronomy 23:15
  • Custom of branding, alluded to
    Galatians 6:17
  • Sometimes rose to rank and station
    Ecclesiastes 10:7
  • Sometimes intermarried with their master's family
    1 Chronicles 2:34,35
  • Laws respecting marriage with female
    Exodus 21:7-11
  • Seizing and stealing of men for, condemned and punished by The law
    Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7; 1 Timothy 1:10
  • Laws respecting, often violated
    Jeremiah 34:8-16

• BOND, ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of Christ
    Psalm 40:6; Hebrews 10:5; Philippians 2:7,8
  • Of saints
    1 Corinthians 6:20; 7:23
  • Of the wicked
    2 Peter 2:19; Romans 6:16,19

• Christ condescended to the office of
  Matthew 20:28; Luke 22:27; John 13:5; Philippians 2:7

• Are inferior to their masters
  Luke 22:27

• Should follow Christ's example
  1 Peter 2:21

• DUTIES OF, TO MASTERS
  • To pray for them
    Genesis 24:12
  • To honour them
    Malachi 1:6; 1 Timothy 6:1
  • To revere them the more, when they are believers
    1 Timothy 6:2
  • To be subject to them
    1 Peter 2:18
  • To obey them
    Ephesians 6:5; Titus 2:9
  • To attend to their call
    Psalm 123:2
  • To please them well in all things
    Titus 2:9
  • To sympathise with them
    2 Samuel 12:18
  • To prefer their business to their own necessary food
    Genesis 24:33
  • To bless God for mercies shown to them
    Genesis 24:27,48
  • To be faithful to them
    Luke 16:10-12; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Titus 2:10
  • To be profitable to them
    Luke 19:15,16,18; Philippians 1:11
  • To be anxious for their welfare
    1 Samuel 25:14-17; 2 Kings 5:2,3
  • To be earnest in transacting their business
    Genesis 24:54-56
  • To be prudent in the management of their affairs
    Genesis 24:34-49
  • To be industrious in labouring for them
    Nehemiah 4:16,23
  • To be kind and attentive to their guests
    Genesis 43:23,24
  • To be submissive even to the froward
    Genesis 16:6,9; 1 Peter 2:18
  • Not to answer them rudely
    Titus 2:9
  • Not to serve them with eye-service, as men-pleasers
    Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22
  • Not to defraud them
    Titus 2:10

• Should be contented in their situation
  1 Corinthians 7:20,21

• Should be compassionate to their fellows
  Matthew 18:33

• SHOULD SERVE
  • For conscience towards God
    1 Peter 2:19
  • In the fear of God
    Ephesians 6:5; Colossians 3:22
  • As the servants of Christ
    Ephesians 6:5,6
  • Heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men
    Ephesians 6:7; Colossians 3:23
  • As doing the will of God from the heart
    Ephesians 6:6
  • In singleness of heart
    Ephesians 6:5; Colossians 3:22
  • With good will
    Ephesians 6:7

• When patient under injury are acceptable to God
  1 Peter 2:19,20

• When Good
  • Are the servants of Christ
    Colossians 3:24
  • Are brethren beloved in the Lord
    Philippians 1:16
  • Are the Lord's freemen
    1 Corinthians 7:22
  • Are partakers of gospel privileges
    1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:11
  • Deserve the confidence of their masters
    Genesis 24:2,4,10; 39:4
  • Often exalted
    Genesis 41:40; Proverbs 17:2
  • Often advanced by master
    Genesis 39:4,5
  • To be honoured
    Genesis 24:31; Proverbs 27:18
  • Bring God's blessing upon their masters
    Genesis 30:27,30; 39:3
  • Adorn the doctrine of God their Saviour in all things
    Titus 2:10
  • Have God with them
    Genesis 31:42; 39:21; Acts 7:9,10
  • Are prospered by God
    Genesis 39:3
  • Are protected by God
    Genesis 31:7
  • Are guided by God
    Genesis 24:7,27
  • Are blessed by God
    Matthew 24:46
  • Are mourned over after death
    Genesis 35:8
  • Shall be rewarded
    Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:24

• The property of masters increased by faithful
  Genesis 30:29,30

• CHARACTERISTICS OF WICKED SERVANTS
  • Eye-service
    Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22
  • Men-pleasers
    Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22
  • Deceit
    2 Samuel 19:26; Psalm 101:6,7
  • Quarrelsomeness
    Genesis 13:7; 26:20
  • Covetousness
    2 Kings 5:20
  • Lying
    2 Kings 5:22,24
  • Stealing
    Titus 2:10
  • Gluttony
    Matthew 24:49
  • Unmerciful to their fellows
    Matthew 18:30
  • Will not submit to correction
    Proverbs 29:19
  • Do not bear to be exalted
    Proverbs 30:21,22; Isaiah 3:5
  • Shall be punished
    Matthew 24:50

• Good-Exemplified
  • Eliezer
    Genesis 24:1-67
  • Deborah
    Genesis 24:59; 35:8
  • Jacob
    Genesis 31:36-40
  • Joseph
    Genesis 39:3; Acts 7:10
  • Servants of Boaz
    Ruth 2:4
  • Jonathan's armour bearer
    1 Samuel 14:6,7
  • David's servants
    2 Samuel 12:18
  • Captive maid
    2 Kings 5:2-4
  • Servants of Naaman
    2 Kings 5:13
  • Servants of Centurion
    Matthew 8:9
  • Servants of Cornelius
    Acts 10:7
  • Onesimus after his conversion
    Philippians 1:11

• Bad-Exemplified
  • Servants of Abraham and Lot
    Genesis 13:7
  • Servants of Abimelech
    Genesis 21:25
  • Absalom's servants [Absalom's servants obeyed a bad master; They were bad men rather than bad servants]
    2 Samuel 13:28,29; 14:30
  • Ziba
    2 Samuel 16:1-4
  • Servants of Shimei
    1 Kings 2:39
  • Jeroboam
    1 Kings 11:26
  • Zimri
    1 Kings 16:9
  • Gehazi
    2 Kings 5:20
  • Servants of Amon
    2 Kings 21:23
  • Job's servants
    Job 19:16
  • Servants of the High Priest
    Mark 14:65
  • Onesimus before his conversion
    Philippians 1:11