Deuteronomy 24:15
Instead, you shall pay him the price of his labor on the same day, before the setting of the sun. For he is poor, and with it he sustains his life. Otherwise, he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it would be charged to you as a sin.
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Exodus 22:23If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.
Deuteronomy 15:9Take care, lest perhaps an impious thought might creep within you, and you might say in your heart: ‘The seventh year of remission approaches.’ And so you might turn your eyes away from your poor brother, unwilling to lend to him what he has asked. If so, then he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it will be a sin for you.
Job 31:38So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,
Job 35:9Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
Psalms 25:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Judge me, Lord, for I have been walking in my innocence, and by hoping in the Lord, I will not be weakened.
Proverbs 3:27Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:15-22
Justice and Generosity. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 Thou shalt not oppress a 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: 15 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. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man… Read the whole commentary →