SERVANT
- -  Distinguish a bondservant (Greek: doulos), who was a slave, 
- -  From a servant (Greek: diakonos), who was not a slave
- -  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|

- -  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|

- -  BOND
......  Laws of Moses concerning: ...  Ex 21:1-11,20,21,26,27,32; Le 19:20-22; 25:6,10,35-55; De  15:12,14,18; 24:7|
......  Kidnapping forbidden: ...  De 21:10-14; 24:7; 1Ti 1:10; Re 18:13|
......  Fugitive, not to be returned to his master: ...  De 23:15,16|
......  David erroneously supposed to be a fugitive slave: ...  1Sa 25:10|
......  Instances of fugitive
......  Hagar, commanded by an angel to return to Sarah (Sarai),  her owner: ...  Ge 16:9|
......  Sought by Shimei: ...  1Ki 2:39-41|
......  Onesimus interceded for, by Paul: ...  Phm 1:21|
......  Rights of those born to a master: ...  Ge 14:14; 17:13,27; Ex 21:4; Pr 29:21; Ec 2:7; Jer 2:14|
......  Bought and sold: ...  Ge 17:13,27; 37:28,36; 39:17; De 28:68; Es 7:4; Eze  27:13; Joe 3:6; Am 8:6; Re 18:13|
......  Captives of war became slaves: ...  De 20:14; 21:10-14; 2Ki 5:2; 2Ch 28:8,10; La 5:13|
......  Captive bondservants shared by priests and Levites: ...  Nu 31:28-47|
......  Thieves punished by being made: ...  Ge 43:18; Ex 22:3|
......  Defaulting debtors made: ...  Le 25:39; Mt 18:25|
......  Children of defaulting debtors sold as: ...  2Ki 4:1-7|
......  Voluntary servitude of: ...  Le 25:47; De 15:16,17; Jos 9:11-21|
......  Given as dowry: ...  Ge 29:24,29|
......  Owned by priests: ...  Le 22:11; Mr 14:66|
......  Slaves owned slaves: ...  2Sa 9:10|
......  The master could marry, or give in marriage: ...  Ex 21:7-10; De 21:10-14; 1Ch 2:34,35|
......  Taken in concubinage: ...  Ge 16:1,2,6; 30:3,9|
......  Used as soldiers by Abraham: ...  Ge 14:14|
......  Must be circumcised: ...  Ge 17:13,27; Ex 12:44|
......  Must enjoy religious privileges with the master's household: ...  De 12:12,18; 16:11,14; 29:10,11|
......  Must have rest on the sabbath: ...  Ex 20:10; 23:12; De 5:14|
......  Equal status of, with other disciples of Jesus: ...  1Co 7:21,22; 12:13; Ga 3:28; Eph 6:8|
......  Kindness to, commanded: ...  Le 25:43; Eph 6:9|
......  Bond service threatened, as a national punishment, for the  disobedience of Israel: ...  De 28:68; Joe 3:7,8|
......  Degrading influences of bondage exemplified by cowardice: ...  Ex 14:11,12; 16:3; Jud 5:16-18,23|
......  Emancipation of: ...  Ezr 1:1-4; Jer 34:8-22; 1Co 7:21|
......  Freedmen called "Libertines,": ...  Ac 6:9|
......  Cruelty to
......  The Israelites: ...  Ex 1:8-22; 2:1-4; Ac 7:19,34|
......  An abandoned sick man: ...  1Sa 30:13|
......  Kindness to
......  By the Roman centurion: ...  Mt 8:8-13; Lu 7:2-10|
......  By Paul: ...  Phm 1:21|

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Joseph: ...  Ge 37:26-28,36|
......  Israelites: ...  Ex 1:10-22; 5:7-14; De 6:12,21|
......  Gibeonites: ...  Jos 9:22-27|
......  Canaanites: ...  1Ki 9:21|
......  The Jews in Babylon: ...  2Ch 36:20; Es 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10|
......  Emancipation of: ...  2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:1-4|

- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Le 25:42,55; Ps 116:16; Mt 24:45-51; Lu 12:35-48; 17:7-9;  Joh 8:32-35; Ro 6:16-22; 1Co 4:1; 7:21-23; Ga 5:13; 1Pe  2:16; 2Pe 2:19; Re 7:3|

- -  INSTANCES OF GOOD
......  Joseph: ...  Ge 39:2-20; 41:9-57; Ac 7:10|
......  Elisha: ...  2Ki 2:1-6|
......  Servants
......  Of Abraham: ...  Ge 24|
......  Of Boaz: ...  Ru 2:4|
......  Of Jonathan: ...  1Sa 14:7|
......  Of Abigail: ...  1Sa 25:14-17|
......  Of David: ...  2Sa 12:18; 15:15,21|
......  Of Ziba: ...  2Sa 9|
......  Of Naaman: ...  2Ki 5:2,3,13|
......  Of Nehemiah: ...  Ne 4:16,23|
......  Of the Roman centurion: ...  Mt 8:9|
......  Of Cornelius: ...  Ac 10:7|
......  Onesimus: ...  Phm 1:11|
......  Servants in the parable of the pounds and the parable of the  talents: ...  Mt 25:14-23; Lu 19:12-19|

- -  WICKED AND UNFAITHFUL
......  Jeroboam: ...  1Ki 11:26|
......  Gehazi: ...  2Ki 5:20-27|
......  Zimri: ...  1Ki 16:9,10; 2Ki 9:31|
......  Onesimus: ...  Phm 1:11|
......  Of Abraham and Lot: ...  Ge 13:7|
......  Of Abimelech: ...  Ge 21:25|
......  Of Ziba: ...  2Sa 16:1-4; with 19:26,27|
......  Of Absalom: ...  2Sa 13:28,29; 14:30|
......  Of Shimei: ...  1Ki 2:39|
......  Of Joash: ...  2Ki 12:19-21|
......  Of Amon: ...  2Ki 21:23|
......  Of Job: ...  Job 19:15,16|
......  In the parable of the talents and the parable of the pounds: ...  Mt 25:24-30; Lu 19:20-26|
......  In the parable of the vineyard: ...  Mt 21:33-41; Mr 12:1-9|
......  Conspiracy by
......  See CONSPIRACY 

- -  UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ...  Ge 16:6-9; Ex 20:10; De 5:14; Ne 5:8; Job 19:15,16;  31:13,14; Ps 123:2; Pr 12:9; 13:17; 17:2; 19:10; 25:13;  26:6; 27:18,27; 29:19,21; 30:10,21-23; Ec 7:21; Isa 52:3;  Jer 22:13; 34:8-17; La 5:8; Zep 1:9; Mal 1:6; Mt 8:9;  10:24,25; 24:45-51; Lu 12:35-48; 16:1-13; 17:7-9; 22:27; Joh  13:16; 1Co 4:2; 7:21-24; Eph 6:5-9; Col 3:22-25; 1Ti 6:1,2;  Tit 2:9,10; 1Pe 2:18-20|

- -  HIRED
......  Jacob: ...  Ge 29:15; 30:26|
......  Re-employed: ...  Ge 30:27-34; 31:6,7,41|
......  Parable of
......  The laborers of a vineyard: ...  Mt 20:1-15|
......  The father of the prodigal son: ...  Lu 15:17,19|
......  The rebellious son: ...  Lu 15:15-19|
......  Treatment of, more considerate than that of slaves: ...  Le 25:53|
......  Await employment in the marketplace: ...  Mt 20:1-3|
......  Wages paid
......  In kind: ...  Ge 30:31,32; 2Ch 2:10|
......  In money: ...  Mt 20:2|
......  UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ...  Le 19:13; 25:39-41; De 24:14,15; Job 7:1,2; 14:6; Mal  3:5; Mt 10:9,10; Lu 10:7; Ro 4:4; Col 4:1; 1Ti 5:18; Jas  5:4|
......  See MASTERS 
......  See WAGES 
......  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|
......  See EMPLOYEE 
......  See EMPLOYER 
......  See MASTER 
 

- -  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|