Deuteronomy 24:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

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  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
  • Lev 19:13 : 13 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.
  • Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
  • Prov 3:27-28 : 27 ¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it]. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
  • Exod 22:23-24 : 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
  • Job 35:9 : 9 ¶ By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  • Ps 25:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
  • Ps 86:4 : 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
  • Job 31:38 : 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
  • Job 34:28 : 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
  • Matt 20:8 : 8 ‹So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them› [their] ‹hire, beginning from the last unto the first.›
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 ‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.›
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 ¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 ¶ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:10-14
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    86%

    10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

    11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

    12And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

    13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

    14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:

  • Lev 19:13
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    13Thou 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.

  • Exod 22:25-26
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    25¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

    26If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

  • Deut 15:7-11
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    7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

    8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.

    9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

    10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

    11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

  • Deut 15:13-14
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    75%

    13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

    14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

  • Deut 24:19-21
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    75%

    19When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

    20When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean [it] afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

  • Deut 24:16-17
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    16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

    17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

  • Prov 19:17
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    17¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Jas 5:4
    74%

    4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

  • Exod 22:15
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    15[But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it came for his hire.

  • Jer 22:13
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    13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

  • Exod 22:3
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    3If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Lev 25:39-40
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    73%

    39¶ And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

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  • Prov 22:27
    72%

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Deut 15:18
    72%

    18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant [to thee], in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

  • Exod 23:3
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    3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

  • Prov 14:31
    72%

    31¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Lev 25:53
    72%

    53[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

  • Lev 25:37
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    37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

  • Matt 20:12
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    12‹Saying, These last have wrought› [but] ‹one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.›

  • Prov 22:16
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    16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • Prov 3:27-28
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    71%

    27¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].

    28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

  • Deut 23:15
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    15¶ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

  • Matt 20:2
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    2‹And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.›

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer [is] worthy of his reward.

  • Exod 34:21
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  • Job 7:2
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    2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

  • Matt 20:7
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