Deuteronomy 24:15

Conservative English Version

Pay them their wages at the end of each day, because they live in poverty and need the money to survive. If you don't pay them on time, they will complain about you to the LORD, and he will punish you.

Cross References

Job 31:13

When my servants complained against me, I was fair to them.

Job 31:38

I have never mistreated the land I farmed and made it mourn.

Job 34:28

The persons they mistreated had prayed for help, until God answered their prayers.

Job 35:9

In times of trouble, everyone begs the mighty God to have mercy.

Job 7:2

We are slaves in search of shade; we are laborers longing for our wages.

Psalm 24:4

Only those who do right for the right reasons, and don't worship idols or tell lies under oath.

Psalm 25:1

(By David.) I offer you my heart, LORD God,

Psalm 86:4

Make my heart glad! I serve you, and my prayer is sincere.

Isaiah 5:7

I am the LORD All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Jeremiah 22:13

King Jehoiakim, you are doomed! You built a palace with large rooms upstairs.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not steal anything or cheat anyone, and don't fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

Leviticus 25:35

If any of your people become poor and unable to support themselves, you must help them, just as you are supposed to help foreigners who live among you.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Matthew 20:8

That evening the owner of the vineyard told the man in charge of the workers to call them in and give them their money. He also told the man to begin with the ones who were hired last.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments. 'Do not murder. Be faithful in marriage. Do not steal. Do not tell lies about others. Do not cheat. Respect your father and mother.' "

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful! Don't say to yourself, "Soon it will be the seventh year, and then I won't be able to get my money back." It would be horrible for you to think that way and to be so selfish that you refuse to help the poor. They are your relatives, and if you don't help them, they may ask the LORD to decide whether you have done wrong. And he will say that you are guilty.

1 Timothy 5:18

It is just as the Scriptures say, "Don't muzzle an ox when you are using it to grind grain." You also know the saying, "Workers are worth their pay."

James 5:4

You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has surely heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.