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

"'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. "'The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

Setteth his heart upon it

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Lest he

Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

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

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

"By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

General references

Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.