Exodus 21:5
But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
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- Deuteronomy 15:16–17 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee; then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
- Isaiah 26:13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.