Deuteronomy 24:15

A poor laborer must be paid his wages the same day, before sunset, because he depends on them to live. Delayed payment to the needy is a sin God hears and judges.

Cross-references · 17

• Lev 19:13Thou 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.
• Jas 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
• Prov 3:27–28Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
• Jer 22:13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
• Deut 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
• Exod 22:23–24If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
• Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
• Job 34:28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
• Ps 25:1Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
• Isa 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
• Ps 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
• Prov 23:10–11Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
• Job 31:38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
• Ps 86:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
• Matt 20:8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
• Prov 22:22–23Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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