James 5:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob him , - The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning.

Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, - of thy brethren or of thy sojourners that are in thy land, within thy gates;

Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;

If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;

Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted, - And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.

Alas! for him who buildeth his house without righteousness, And his roof-chambers without justice, - Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And recompense for his work, giveth him not.

Surely, the stone out of the wall, will make outcry, - and, the tie out of the timber, will answer it.

Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood, - and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

Ye masters! that which is just and equitable, unto your servants, be rendering, knowing that, ye also, have a Master in heaven.

The cries

And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,

And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented, - and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.

Now, therefore, lo! the outcry of the sons of Israel, hath come in unto me, - moreover also, I have seen the oppression, wherewith the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate:

for his day, shalt thou give his hire neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul, - lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee a sin.

Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.

When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.

And shall, God, in any wise not execute the vindication of his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, although he beareth long with regard to them?

General references

And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour's hand, do not overreach one another.

Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;

For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.

Upon these things, shall I not bring punishment? Demandeth Yahweh. Or, on a nation such as this, shall not my soul avenge herself?

And I will cause to cease the hum of thy songs; And the sound of thy lyres, shall not be heard any more.

In like manner, as it came to pass in the days of Lot, They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building, -

Nay! but, ye, are doing wrong, and defrauding, - and that your brethren.