Deuteronomy 24:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.”
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“You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he <FI>is<Fi> poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee--sin.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 24:15 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:23If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
- Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Job 7:2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
- Job 31:38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
- Job 34:28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
- Job 35:9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
- Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Psalms 25:1To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
- Psalms 86:4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
- Proverbs 3:27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
- Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Matthew 20:8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
- Mark 10:19You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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