Deuteronomy 24:14 Cross References - Leeser

¹⁴ Thou shalt not withhold the wages of a hired man, of the poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of the strangers that are in thy land within thy gates.

³⁵ And if thy brother become poor, and fall in decay with thee: then shalt thou assist him, yea a stranger, or a sojourner, that he may live with thee. ³⁶ Thou shalt not take of him any usury or increase; but thou shalt be afraid of thy God: that thy brother may live with thee. ³⁷ Thy money shalt thou not give him upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. ³⁸ I am the Lord your God, who have brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give unto you the land of Canaan, to be unto you a God. ³⁹ And if thy brother become poor near thee, and be sold unto thee: thou shalt not compel him to work as a bond-servant. ⁴⁰ But as a hired laborer, as a sojourner, shall he be with thee; until the year of the jubilee shall he serve with thee: ⁴¹ And then shall he depart from thee, he and his children with him; and he shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. ⁴² For my servants are they, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bond-men are sold. ⁴³ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but thou shalt have fear of thy God.

¹² If thy brother, the Hebrew, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years; and in the seventh year shalt thou let him go free from thee. ¹³ And when thou lettest him go out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: ¹⁴ Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flocks, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-press; wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee, that shalt thou give unto him. ¹⁵ And thou shalt remember that thou hast been a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God hath redeemed thee; therefore do I command thee this thing today. ¹⁶ And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee: ¹⁷ Then shalt thou take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be unto thee a servant for ever; and also unto thy maid-servant shalt thou do likewise. ¹⁸ It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee, that for double the wages of a hired laborer hath he served thee six years; and the Lord thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

¹⁰ They cause him to go naked without clothing, and from the hungry they take away the sheaf: ¹¹ Within their walls do they make oil, they tread their wine-presses, and suffer thirst.

¹³ If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me: ¹⁴ What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him? ¹⁵ Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb?

³¹ He that oppresseth the poor blasphemeth his Maker; but he that is gracious to the needy honoreth him.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, must at length give to the rich, and come only to want.

⁷ Father and mother they esteemed lightly within thee, toward the stranger they acted with extortion in the midst of thee, the fatherless and the widow they oppressed within thee.

⁷ That are eager after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same young woman, in order to profane my holy name.

¹ Hear this word, O ye cows of Bashan, that are on the mount of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

⁴ Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land,

⁵ And I will come near unto you to hold judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against those that swear falsely, and against those that withhold the wages of the hired laborer, oppress the widow, and the fatherless, and that do injustice to the stranger, and fear me not, saith the Lord of hosts.