Deuteronomy 24:16

You shall not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of your brethren, or of the strangers who are in your cities.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

The 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.

In Context

15You shall surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless you; and it shall be + 24:15 ie. mercy shown by you. mercy to you before the Lord your God.

17You shall 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 you to the Lord, and it shall be sin in you.

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Cross References

2 Kings 14:5And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he + 14:5 Gr. struck. killed his servants that had + 14:5 Gr. struck. slain the king his father.

2 Chronicles 25:4But he killed not their sons, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, as it is written, and as the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but they shall die each for his own sin.

Jeremiah 31:30But I know his works: is it not enough for him? has he not done thus?

Ezekiel 18:20But the soul that sins shall die: and the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the iniquity of the transgressor shall be upon him.

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 →

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