Deuteronomy 24:15

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Deuteronomy 24:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

15 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.

16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Leviticus 19:13

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

Proverbs 3:28

Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.

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,

Matthew 20:8

When 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 10:19

You 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 5:4

Look, 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.

Psalms 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Psalms 25:1

To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

Psalms 86:4

Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be 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.

Exodus 22:23

If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

Exodus 22:24

My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.

Job 31:38

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Job 34:28

They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Job 35:9

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Proverbs 22:23

for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Proverbs 23:11

for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

Isaiah 5:7

For 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.