Sirach 33:28–33
28Send him to labor, that he not be idle, for idleness teaches much mischief.↗
29Set him to work, as is fit for him. If he doesn’t obey, make his fetters heavy.↗
30Don’t be excessive toward any. Do nothing unjust.↗
31If you have a slave, treat him like yourself, because you have bought him with blood.↗
32If you have a slave, treat him like yourself. For like your own soul, you will need him. If you treat him ill, and he departs and runs away,↗
33which way will you go to seek him?↗
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