Deuteronomy 24:15

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Summary

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.

At his

Setteth his heart upon it

Psalm 25:1

Lest he

General references

Proverbs 3:28

Bible References

At his

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;

And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

Setteth his heart upon it

To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

Lest he

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

General references

Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.