Leviticus 19:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.”
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“You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 19:13 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:8If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
- Exodus 22:13If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
- Exodus 22:15If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
- Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 22:24My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
- Leviticus 6:3or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
- Leviticus 25:14If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
- Leviticus 25:17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 24:14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
- Deuteronomy 24:15You 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.
- Job 7:2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
- Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- 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,
- Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- Luke 3:13“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
- 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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