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
General references
Bible References
Shalt not
Proverbs 20:10
Stone and stone, measure and measure, {both of them} [are] an abomination of Yahweh.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says Yahweh, "Act [with] justice and righteousness, and deliver [the] one who has been seized from the hand of [the] oppressor. And you must not oppress [the] immigrant, [the] orphan, and [the] widow. And you must not shed innocent blood in this place.
Ezekiel 22:29
They severely oppress the people of the land, and {they committed robbery}, and they mistreated [the] needy and [the] poor, and they oppressed the alien {without} justice.
Mark 10:19
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.'"
Luke 3:13
And he said to them, "Collect no more than {what you are ordered to}."
1 Thessalonians 4:6
not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the one who avenges concerning all these [things], just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.
The wages
Deuteronomy 24:14
"You shall not exploit a hired worker, [who is] needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from [among] your aliens who are in your land [and] in your {towns}.
Job 31:39
if I have eaten its yield without payment, or I have caused [the] breath of its owners to die,
Jeremiah 22:13
Woe [to the one who] builds his house without righteousness, and his upper rooms without justice. His fellow countryman, he works for nothing, and he does not give to him his wages.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.
General references
Exodus 20:15
"You shall not steal.
Leviticus 25:14
And when you sell something to your fellow citizen or [you] buy from your neighbor's hand, you must not oppress {one another}.
Proverbs 3:28
Do not say to your neighbor, "Go and return and tomorrow I will give [it]," {when it is with you}.
1 Corinthians 6:8
But you wrong and defraud, and [do] this [to] brothers!