Deuteronomy 24:15
In his day you shall give him his wages, neither shall the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it, lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.
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Exodus 22:23If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.
Job 31:38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
Job 35:9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Psalms 25:1To you, LORD, I lift up my soul.
Proverbs 3:27Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
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 →