FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- Early mention of

Ge 9:25,26

- DIVIDED INTO

. Male

Ge 24:34; 32:5

. Female

Ge 16:6; 32:5

. Bond

Ge 43:18; Le 25:46

. Hired

Mr 1:20; Lu 15:17

- Persons devoted to the service of another so called

Ps 119:49; Isa 56:6

- The subjects of a prince or king so called

Ex 9:20; 11:8

- Persons of low condition so called

Ec 10:7

- Persons devoted to God so called

Ps 119:49; Isa 56:6; Ro 1:1

- The term often used to express humility

Ge 18:3; 33:5; 1Sa 20:7; 1Ki 20:32

- HIRED

. Called hireling

Job 7:1; Joh 10:12,13

. Engaged by the year

Le 25:53; Isa 16:14

. Engaged by the day

Mt 20:2

. Not to be oppressed

De 24:14

. To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service

Le 19:13; De 24:15

. To be esteemed worthy of their hire

Lu 10:7

. To partake of the produce of the land in the sabbatical

year

Le 25:6

. If foreigners not allowed to partake of the passover or

holy things

Ex 12:45; Le 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

Le 25:39,40

. Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as

Le 25:47,53

. Often stood in the market place waiting for employment

Mt 20:1-3

. Often will fed and taken care of

Lu 15:17

. Often oppressed and their wages kept back

Mal 3:5; Jas 5:4

- SLAVES OR BOND

. Called bondmen

Ge 43:18; 44:9

. By birth

Ge 14:14; Ps 116:16; Jer 2:14

. By purchase

Ge 17:27; 37:36

. Captives taken in war often kept as

De 20:14; 2Ki 5:2

. Strangers sojourning in Israel might be purchased as

Le 25:45

. Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased as

Le 25:44

. Persons unable to pay their debts liable to be sold as

2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:4,5; Mt 18:25

. Thieves unable to make restitution were sold as

Ex 22:3

. More valuable than hired servants

De 15:18

. When Israelites not to be treated with rigour

Le 25:39,40,46

. When Israelites to have their liberty after six years

service

Ex 21:2; De 15:12

. Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their

ears bored to the door

Ex 21:5,6; De 15:16,17

. Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their

nearest of kin

Le 25:47-55

. All Israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee

Le 25:10,40,41,54

. Could not when set free demand wives or children procured

during servitude

Ex 21:3,4

. To be furnished liberally, when their servitude expired

De 15:13,14

. When foreigners to be circumcised

Ge 17:13,27; Ex 12:44

. To be allowed to rest on the Sabbath

Ex 20:10

. To participate in all national rejoicings

De 12:18; 16:11,14

. Persons of distinction had many

Ge 14:14; Ec 2:7

. Engaged in the most menial offices

1Sa 25:41; Joh 13:4,5

. Maimed of injured by masters to have their freedom

Ex 21:26,27

. Masters to be recompensed for injury done to

Ex 21:32

. Laws respecting the killing of

Ex 21:20,21

. Of others not to be coveted or enticed away

Ex 20:17; De 5:21

. Seeking protection not to be delivered up to masters

De 23:15

. Custom of branding, alluded to

Ga 6:17

. Sometimes rose to rank and station

Ec 10:7

. Sometimes intermarried with their master's family

1Ch 2:34,35

. Laws respecting marriage with female

Ex 21:7-11

. Seizing and stealing of men for, condemned and punished by

the law

Ex 21:16; De 24:7; 1Ti 1:10

. Laws respecting, often violated

Jer 34:8-16

- BOND, ILLUSTRATIVE

. Of Christ

Ps 40:6; Heb 10:5; Php 2:7,8

. Of saints

1Co 6:20; 7:23

. Of the wicked

2Pe 2:19; Ro 6:16,19

- Christ condescended to the office of

Mt 20:28; Lu 22:27; Joh 13:5; Php 2:7

- Are inferior to their masters

Lu 22:27

- Should follow Christ's example

1Pe 2:21

- DUTIES OF, TO MASTERS

. To pray for them

Ge 24:12

. To honour them

Mal 1:6; 1Ti 6:1

. To revere them the more, when they are believers

1Ti 6:2

. To be subject to them

1Pe 2:18

. To obey them

Eph 6:5; Tit 2:9

. To attend to their call

Ps 123:2

. To please them well in all things

Tit 2:9

. To sympathise with them

2Sa 12:18

. To prefer their business to their own necessary food

Ge 24:33

. To bless God for mercies shown to them

Ge 24:27,48

. To be faithful to them

Lu 16:10-12; 1Co 4:2; Tit 2:10

. To be profitable to them

Lu 19:15,16,18; Phm 1:11

. To be anxious for their welfare

1Sa 25:14-17; 2Ki 5:2,3

. To be earnest in transacting their business

Ge 24:54-56

. To be prudent in the management of their affairs

Ge 24:34-49

. To be industrious in labouring for them

Ne 4:16,23

. To be kind and attentive to their guests

Ge 43:23,24

. To be submissive even to the froward

Ge 16:6,9; 1Pe 2:18

. Not to answer them rudely

Tit 2:9

. Not to serve them with eye-service, as men-pleasers

Eph 6:6; Col 3:22

. Not to defraud them

Tit 2:10

- Should be contented in their situation

1Co 7:20,21

- Should be compassionate to their fellows

Mt 18:33

- SHOULD SERVE

. For conscience towards God

1Pe 2:19

. In the fear of God

Eph 6:5; Col 3:22

. As the servants of Christ

Eph 6:5,6

. Heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men

Eph 6:7; Col 3:23

. As doing the will of God from the heart

Eph 6:6

. In singleness of heart

Eph 6:5; Col 3:22

. With good will

Eph 6:7

- When patient under injury are acceptable to God

1Pe 2:19,20

- When Good

. Are the servants of Christ

Col 3:24

. Are brethren beloved in the Lord

Phm 1:16

. Are the Lord's freemen

1Co 7:22

. Are partakers of gospel privileges

1Co 12:13; Ga 3:28; Eph 6:8; Col 3:11

. Deserve the confidence of their masters

Ge 24:2,4,10; 39:4

. Often exalted

Ge 41:40; Pr 17:2

. Often advanced by master

Ge 39:4,5

. To be honoured

Ge 24:31; Pr 27:18

. Bring God's blessing upon their masters

Ge 30:27,30; 39:3

. Adorn the doctrine of God their Saviour in all things

Tit 2:10

. Have God with them

Ge 31:42; 39:21; Ac 7:9,10

. Are prospered by God

Ge 39:3

. Are protected by God

Ge 31:7

. Are guided by God

Ge 24:7,27

. Are blessed by God

Mt 24:46

. Are mourned over after death

Ge 35:8

. Shall be rewarded

Eph 6:8; Col 3:24

- The property of masters increased by faithful

Ge 30:29,30

- CHARACTERISTICS OF WICKED SERVANTS

. Eye-service

Eph 6:6; Col 3:22

. Men-pleasers

Eph 6:6; Col 3:22

. Deceit

2Sa 19:26; Ps 101:6,7

. Quarrelsomeness

Ge 13:7; 26:20

. Covetousness

2Ki 5:20

. Lying

2Ki 5:22,24

. Stealing

Tit 2:10

. Gluttony

Mt 24:49

. Unmerciful to their fellows

Mt 18:30

. Will not submit to correction

Pr 29:19

. Do not bear to be exalted

Pr 30:21,22; Isa 3:5

. Shall be punished

Mt 24:50

- Good-Exemplified

. Eliezer

Ge 24:1-67

. Deborah

Ge 24:59; 35:8

. Jacob

Ge 31:36-40

. Joseph

Ge 39:3; Ac 7:10

. Servants of Boaz

Ru 2:4

. Jonathan's armour bearer

1Sa 14:6,7

. David's servants

2Sa 12:18

. Captive maid

2Ki 5:2-4

. Servants of Naaman

2Ki 5:13

. Servants of Centurion

Mt 8:9

. Servants of Cornelius

Ac 10:7

. Onesimus after his conversion

Phm 1:11

- Bad-Exemplified

. Servants of Abraham and Lot

Ge 13:7

. Servants of Abimelech

Ge 21:25

. Absalom's servants [Absalom's servants obeyed a bad master;

they were bad men rather than bad servants]

2Sa 13:28,29; 14:30

. Ziba

2Sa 16:1-4

. Servants of Shimei

1Ki 2:39

. Jeroboam

1Ki 11:26

. Zimri

1Ki 16:9

. Gehazi

2Ki 5:20

. Servants of Amon

2Ki 21:23

. Job's servants

Job 19:16

. Servants of the High Priest

Mr 14:65

. Onesimus before his conversion

Phm 1:11