Leviticus 19:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Shalt not

1 Thessalonians 4:6

The wages

James 5:4

General references

Bible References

Shalt not

False weights and measures the LORD surely detests both of them.

Don't rob the poor person because he is poor, and don't crush the helpless in court,

This is what the LORD says: "Uphold justice and righteousness. Deliver from their oppressor those who have been robbed. Don't mistreat or do violence to the alien, the orphan, or the widow, or shed the blood of innocent people in this place.

The people of the land were vigorously oppressive and took possession of plunder by violence. They've afflicted the poor and the needy and unjustly treated the foreigner.

You know the commandments: "Never murder.' "Never commit adultery.' "Never steal.' "Never give false testimony.' "Never cheat.' "Honor your father and mother.'"

He told them, "Stop collecting more money than the amount you are told to collect."

Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.

The wages

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.

If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners;

"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.

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.

General references

"You are not to steal.

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

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back. I will pay you tomorrow," when you have cash with you.

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