James 5:4

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James 5:4

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

Leviticus 19:13

"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.

Romans 9:29

It is just as Isaiah predicted: "If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies had not left us some descendants, we would have become like Sodom and would have been compared to Gomorrah."

Jeremiah 22:13

"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage.

"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Genesis 4:10

"What did you do?" God asked. "Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

Exodus 2:23-24

The king of Egypt eventually died, and the Israelis groaned because of the bondage. They cried out, and their cry for deliverance from slavery ascended to God.

Exodus 3:9

Now, listen carefully! The cry of the Israelis has come to my attention about how severely the Egyptians have been oppressing them.

Exodus 22:22-24

"You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan.

Exodus 22:27

for it's his only covering; it's his outer garment, for what else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I'll hear him, for I am gracious.

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

Don't take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he's your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city.

Job 24:10-11

They wander around naked, without clothes; hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain.

Job 31:38-39

"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one,

Job 34:28

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 9:12

As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!

Habakkuk 2:11

Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."

Luke 18:7

Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

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Summary

James 5:4

Behold, 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.

The hire

The cries

General references

1 Corinthians 6:8

Bible References

The hire

"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.

Don't take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he's your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city.

They wander around naked, without clothes; hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain.

"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one,

"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage.

Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

The cries

"What did you do?" God asked. "Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

The king of Egypt eventually died, and the Israelis groaned because of the bondage. They cried out, and their cry for deliverance from slavery ascended to God.

Now, listen carefully! The cry of the Israelis has come to my attention about how severely the Egyptians have been oppressing them.

"You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan.

Pay his wages that same day before the sun sets, because he is poor and his livelihood depends on it. Otherwise, he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will incur guilt."

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

General references

So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.

They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.

"Should I not punish them for this?' asks the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?'

""I'll silence the noise of your songs and the music of your harps won't be heard anymore.

So it was in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

Instead, you yourselves practice doing wrong and cheating others, and brothers at that!