Topic
Masters
33 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 18:19Torrey Good-Exemplified — Abraham
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Genesis 24:2Torrey Should select faithful servants
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
- Genesis 31:7Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — Not to defraud them
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
- Genesis 35:2Torrey SHOULD, WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS — Put away idols
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
- Genesis 35:3Torrey SHOULD, WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS — Worship God
And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
- Exodus 1:13Torrey Bad-Exemplified — Egyptians
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
- Exodus 1:14Torrey Bad-Exemplified — Egyptians
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
- Exodus 20:10Torrey SHOULD, WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS — Observe the Sabbath
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
- Leviticus 19:13Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — Not to keep back their wages
¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- Leviticus 25:43Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — Not to rule over them with rigour
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
- Deuteronomy 5:12–14Torrey SHOULD, WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS — Observe the Sabbath
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,…
- Deuteronomy 15:18Torrey Benevolent, blessed
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
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- Deuteronomy 24:14 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — Not to rule over them with rigour
- Deuteronomy 24:15 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — Not to keep back their wages
- Joshua 24:15 Torrey SHOULD, WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS — Serve God
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Torrey Bad-Exemplified — Nabal
- 1 Samuel 30:13 Torrey Bad-Exemplified — Amalekite
- 2 Kings 5:13 Torrey Should receive faithful advice from servants
- 2 Kings 5:14 Torrey Should receive faithful advice from servants
- Job 31:13 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — To act justly
- Job 31:15 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — To act justly
- Psalms 101:6 Torrey Should select faithful servants
- Psalms 101:7 Torrey Should select faithful servants
- Jeremiah 22:13 Torrey Unjust, denounced
- Luke 7:2 Torrey Good-Exemplified — Centurion
- Luke 7:3 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — To take care of them in sickness
- Acts 10:2 Torrey SHOULD, WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS — Fear God
- Ephesians 6:9 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — To deal with them in the fear of God
- Colossians 3:22 Torrey Authority of, established
- Colossians 4:1 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — To act justly
- Philemon 1:16 Torrey DUTY OF, TOWARD SERVANTS — To esteem them highly, if saints
- James 5:4 Torrey Unjust, denounced
- 1 Peter 2:18 Torrey Authority of, established
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 39 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Authority of, established Col 3:22; 1Pe 2:18
- SHOULD, WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS,
- 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
- Bad-Exemplified
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.