Deuteronomy 24:15
Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.
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Exodus 22:23And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.
Deuteronomy 15:9Take heed to thyself that there be not a secret thing in thy heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws nigh; and thine eye shall be evil to thy brother that is in want, and thou shalt not give to him, and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in thee.
Job 31:38If at any time the land groaned against me, 1 And if its furrows mourned together; 1
Job 35:9They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; 1 They will call for help because of the arm of many. 1
Psalms 25:1A Psalm of David. 1 Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: 1 And hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved. 1
Proverbs 3:27Forbear not to do good to the poor, 1 Whensoever thy hand may have power to help him. 1
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 →