Leviticus 19:13

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You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Deut 24:14-15 : 14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. 15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will 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 paying, or caused the death of its owners,
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 The LORD says,“Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.
  • Exod 22:8-9 : 8 If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods. 9 In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.
  • Mark 10:19 : 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.’”
  • Exod 22:24-27 : 24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless. 25 “If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest. 26 If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down, 27 for it is his only covering– it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
  • Lev 6:3 : 3 or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–
  • Luke 3:13 : 13 He told them,“Collect no more than you are required to.”
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
  • Exod 22:13 : 13 If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.
  • Exod 22:15 : 15 If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.
  • Exod 22:21 : 21 “You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:10-15
    6 verses
    80%

    10When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

    11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

    12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

    13You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the LORD your God.

    14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

    15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Lev 19:9-12
    4 verses
    79%

    9Leaving the Gleanings“‘When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest.

    10You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

    11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:14-18
    5 verses
    76%

    14You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

    16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

    18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 20:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15“You shall not steal.

    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

    17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • Deut 5:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19You must not steal.

    20You must not offer false testimony against another.

    21You must not desire another man’s wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns.”

  • Lev 25:17
    74%

    17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

    26If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Deut 19:14
    73%

    14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Lev 25:37
    73%

    37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

  • Prov 3:28
    72%

    28Do not say to your neighbor,“Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.

  • Exod 23:6
    72%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Exod 20:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9For six days you may 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, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.

  • Exod 22:15
    72%

    15If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.

  • Lev 19:35
    72%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • Jer 22:13
    72%

    13Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

  • Deut 23:15
    71%

    15Purity in the Treatment of the Nonprivileged You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.

  • Lev 19:33
    71%

    33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

  • Exod 22:11
    71%

    11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.

  • Lev 18:20
    70%

    20You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

  • Deut 5:13
    70%

    13You are to work and do all your tasks in six days,

  • Jas 5:4
    70%

    4Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Ezek 18:7
    70%

    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

  • Prov 22:27
    70%

    27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

  • Exod 34:21
    69%

    21“On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    69%

    18For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

  • Exod 20:7
    69%

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

  • Prov 24:28
    69%

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

  • Ezek 18:16
    69%

    16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

  • Exod 22:21
    69%

    21“You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 23:19
    69%

    19Respect for Others’ Property You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.