Exo 21:20, Deu 16:19, Neh 5:5, Job 31:13-15, Psa 9:12, 10:14, 18, 72:12-14 | ESV | STEP | When a man strikes his slave, male or female , with a rod and the slave dies under his hand , he shall be avenged .

Exodus 21:20

20 “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.

Deuteronomy 16:19

19 ^aYou shall not pervert justice. ^bYou shall not show partiality, ^cand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Nehemiah 5:5

5 Now ^dour flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet ^ewe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Job 31:13-15

13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,
14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
When he ^fmakes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
15 Did ^gnot he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Psalms 9:12

12 For he who ^havenges blood is mindful of them;
he ⁱdoes not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Psalms 10:14

14 But you do see, for you ^jnote mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^kcommits himself;
you have been ^lthe helper of the fatherless.

Psalms 10:18

18 to ^mdo justice to the fatherless and ⁿthe oppressed,
so that ^oman who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalms 72:12-14

12 For he delivers ^pthe needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and ^qprecious is their blood in his sight.