Leviticus 25:46
25:46 You may give them as inheritance to your children after you to possess as property. You may enslave them perpetually. However, as for your brothers the Israelites, no man may rule over his brother harshly.
Leviticus 25:53
25:53 He must be with the one who bought him
like a yearly hired worker.
The one who bought him
must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
Exodus 1:13-14
1:13 and they
made the Israelites serve rigorously.
1:14 They made their lives bitter
by
hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service
in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
Exodus 2:23
The Call of the Deliverer
2:23 During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
Exodus 3:7
3:7 The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 3:9
3:9 And now indeed
the cry
of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
Exodus 5:14
5:14 The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked,
“Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past – both yesterday and today?”
Isaiah 47:6
47:6 I was angry at my people;
I defiled my special possession
and handed them over to you.
You showed them no mercy;
you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
Isaiah 58:3
58:3 They lament, ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast?
Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’
Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires,
you oppress your workers.
Ephesians 6:9
6:9 Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
Colossians 4:1
4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.