Deuteronomy 24:15
for his day, shalt thou give his hire neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul,—lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee a sin.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 22:23if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry:
Deuteronomy 15:9Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying—Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him,—and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin!
Job 31:38If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;
Psalms 25:1Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift:
Proverbs 3:27Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy 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 →