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 24:4

Psalm 25:1

Psalm 86:4

Lest he

General references

Proverbs 3:28

Bible References

At his

Thou shalt not beguile thy neighbour with cavillations, neither rob him violently, neither shall the workman's labour abide with thee until the morning.

Refuse not to do good unto him that should have it, so long as thine hand is able to do it.

Woe worth him, that buildeth his house with unrighteousness, and his parlors with the good that he hath gotten by violence: which never recompenceth his neighbour's labour, nor payeth him his hire.

When even was come, the Lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, 'Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first.'

Thou knowest the commandments: break not matrimony, kill not, steal not, bear no false witness, defraud no man, honour thy father and thy mother."

Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire 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 Hosts.

Setteth his heart upon it

Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

{A Psalm of David} Unto thee, O LORD, will I lift up my soul;

Comfort the soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

Lest he

And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee.

If ye shall trouble them, they shall cry unto me, and I will surely hear their cry;

But if cause be that my land cry against me, or that the furrows thereof make any complaint;

Insomuch that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in necessity.

"There is a great cry and complaint made by them that are oppressed with violence; yea, every man complaineth upon the cruel arm of tyrants.

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless.

As for the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts, it is the house of Israel, and whole Judah his fair planting. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wrong; for righteousness, lo, it is but misery.

General references

Say not unto thy neighbour, "Go thy way and come again, tomorrow will I give thee"