Bible Cross References
to loose
Nehemiah 5:10-12
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I have let the people borrow money and grain from me, and so have my companions and those who work for me. Now let's give up all our claims to repayment.
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Cancel all the debts they owe you---money or grain or wine or olive oil. And give them back their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses right now!"
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The leaders replied, "We'll do as you say. We'll give the property back and not try to collect the debts." I called in the priests and made the leaders swear in front of them to keep the promise they had just made.
Jeremiah 34:8-11
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King Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem had made an agreement to set free
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their Hebrew slaves, both male and female, so that no one would have an Israelite as a slave.
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All the people and their leaders agreed to free their slaves and never to enslave them again. They did set them free,
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but later they changed their minds, took them back, and forced them to become slaves again.
Micah 3:2-4
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yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
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You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot.
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The time is coming when you will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.
heavy burdens
1 Timothy 6:1
Those who are slaves must consider their masters worthy of all respect, so that no one will speak evil of the name of God and of our teaching.