Deuteronomy 24:14 Cross References - NSB

¹⁴ »Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.

³⁵ »‘If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home. ³⁶ »‘Do not collect interest or make any profit from him. Respect your God by respecting other Israelites' lives. ³⁷ »‘Do not collect any interest on your money or on the food you give them. ³⁸ »‘I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out of Egypt to give you Canaan and to be your God. ³⁹ »‘If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not work him like a slave. ⁴⁰ »‘He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with you until the year of jubilee. ⁴¹ »‘Then you will release him and his children to go back to their family and the property of their ancestors. ⁴² »‘They are my servants. I brought them out of Egypt. They must never be sold as slaves. ⁴³ »‘Do not treat them harshly. Respect your God.

¹² »If you buy Israelites (your own brothers) as slaves, you must set them free after six years. ¹³ »Do not send him away empty handed when you set him free. ¹⁴ »Supply him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat. Give to him as Jehovah your God has blessed you. ¹⁵ »Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this today! ¹⁶ »If he says to you: I will not leave you. If it is because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you, ¹⁷ then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door. He will be your servant for a very long time. You should do likewise to your maidservant. ¹⁸ »It should not seem hard to you when you set him free. After all he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man. Jehovah your God will bless you in whatever you do.

¹⁰ »The needy go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves. ¹¹ »Between their terraces they press out oil. They tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.

¹³ »If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me ¹⁴ what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? ¹⁵ »Did the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that one fashion us in the womb?

³¹ He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

¹⁶ He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.

⁷ »‘»People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.«’«

⁷ »They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of lowly (meek) persons. They reject the humble! A man and his father have sexual relations with the same maiden, to profane my holy name.

¹ »Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), »Bring us drink.«

⁴ »Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.

⁵ »I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence,« said Jehovah of Hosts.

⁷ »Remain in that house eating and drinking what they give you. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not stay in different houses.