Deuteronomy 24:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 5:4 : 4 See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
  • Lev 19:13 : 13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
  • Deut 15:9 : 9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
  • Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. 28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.
  • Exod 22:23-24 : 23 If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear; 24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
  • Job 35:9 : 9 Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
  • Ps 25:1 : 1 <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.
  • Ps 86:4 : 4 Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord.
  • Job 31:38 : 38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
  • Job 34:28 : 28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
  • Matt 20:8 : 8 And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge: 23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father; 11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:10-14
    5 verses
    86%

    10 If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;

    11 But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.

    12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

    13 But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.

    14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

  • Lev 19:13
    80%

    13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

    26 If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:

  • Deut 15:7-11
    5 verses
    77%

    7 If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

    8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

    9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

    10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.

    11 For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

  • Deut 15:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:

    14 But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.

  • Deut 24:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19 When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

    20 When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

    21 When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

  • Exod 23:6
    75%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Deut 24:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Jas 5:4
    74%

    4 See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

  • Exod 22:15
    73%

    15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.

  • Jer 22:13
    73%

    13 A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • Exod 22:3
    73%

    3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

  • Lev 25:39-40
    2 verses
    73%

    39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

    40 But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

  • Prov 22:27
    72%

    27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

  • Deut 15:18
    72%

    18 Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

  • Exod 23:3
    72%

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Prov 14:31
    72%

    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Lev 25:53
    72%

    53 And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

  • Lev 25:37
    72%

    37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

  • Matt 20:12
    72%

    12 Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Lev 19:15
    71%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Prov 3:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27 Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

    28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

  • Deut 23:15
    71%

    15 Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:

  • Matt 20:2
    71%

    2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    71%

    18 For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

  • Exod 34:21
    71%

    21 Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.

  • Job 7:2
    71%

    2 As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:

  • Prov 24:29
    71%

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Matt 20:7
    71%

    7 They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

  • Job 14:6
    71%

    6 Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Lev 19:10
    70%

    10 And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.