Leviticus 19:13

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:10-15
    6 verses
    80%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

    11You must wait outside while the person to whom you are lending brings the pledge out to you.

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

    13Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God.

    14Do 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.

    15Pay 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.

  • Lev 19:9-12
    4 verses
    79%

    9When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

    10Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

    11Do not steal. Do not deceive or lie to one another.

    12Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:14-18
    5 verses
    76%

    14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

    16Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.

    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

    18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 20:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Deut 5:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19You shall not steal.

    20You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

    21You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Lev 25:17
    74%

    17Do not take advantage of one another, but fear your God; I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

    26For 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.

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Deut 19:14
    73%

    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Lev 25:37
    73%

    37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.

  • Prov 3:28
    72%

    28Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go and come back, tomorrow I will give it,' when you already have it with you.

  • Exod 23:6
    72%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Exod 20:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.

  • Exod 22:15
    72%

    15If 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.

  • Lev 19:35
    72%

    35Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.

  • Jer 22:13
    72%

    13Woe 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.

  • Deut 23:15
    71%

    15For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies into your hands. Your camp must be holy so that He will not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

  • Lev 19:33
    71%

    33When a stranger resides with you in your land, do not mistreat them.

  • Exod 22:11
    71%

    11But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

  • Lev 18:20
    70%

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • Deut 5:13
    70%

    13Six days you shall labor and do all your work.

  • Jas 5:4
    70%

    4Look, 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.

  • Ezek 18:7
    70%

    7He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

  • Prov 22:27
    70%

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Exod 34:21
    69%

    21You are to work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest—even during the plowing season and the harvest you must rest.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    69%

    18For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

  • Exod 20:7
    69%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.

  • Prov 24:28
    69%

    28Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

  • Ezek 18:16
    69%

    16He does not oppress anyone, or require a pledge for a loan, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

  • Exod 22:21
    69%

    21Do not afflict a widow or an orphan.

  • Deut 23:19
    69%

    19Do not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.