Verse 13

Do not oppress or rob your neighbor. Do not withhold the wages of a hired worker overnight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Deut 24:14-15 : 14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  • Job 31:39 : 39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Differing weights and differing measures—both are detestable to the Lord.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.
  • Exod 22:8-9 : 8 In all cases of dishonest dealings, whether involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything lost that someone claims to be theirs, both parties must present their cases before God. The one whom God condemns must pay back double to the other. 9 If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to take care of, and it dies, is injured, or is driven away while no one is watching,
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 'You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother."'
  • Exod 22:24-27 : 24 If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you must not act as a creditor to him; do not charge him interest. 25 If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets. 26 For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious. 27 Do not blaspheme God or curse the leader of your people.
  • Lev 6:3 : 3 The priest shall put on his linen garment and wear linen undergarments on his body. He shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar.
  • Luke 3:13 : 13 He told them, "Do not collect anything more than what is required."
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 And that no one transgresses or defrauds their brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we have forewarned and solemnly testified to you.
  • Exod 22:13 : 13 If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies when its owner is not present, he must make restitution.
  • Exod 22:15 : 15 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price for her and make her his wife.
  • Exod 22:21 : 21 Do not afflict a widow or an orphan.