James 5:4

Good News Translation

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

Then the Lord said, “Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

Job 34:28

They forced the poor to cry out to God, and he heard their calls for help.

Job 7:2

like a slave longing for cool shade; like a worker waiting to be paid.

Psalm 9:12

God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.

Exodus 22:27

because it is the only covering he has to keep him warm. What else can he sleep in? When he cries out to me for help, I will answer him because I am merciful.

Exodus 3:9

I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord Almighty had not let some of the people survive, Jerusalem would have been totally destroyed, just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

Isaiah 5:7

Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.

Isaiah 5:9

I have heard the Lord Almighty say, “All these big, fine houses will be empty ruins.

Jeremiah 22:13

Doomed is the one who builds his house by injustice and enlarges it by dishonesty; who makes his people work for nothing and does not pay their wages.

Leviticus 19:13

“Do not rob or take advantage of anyone. Do not hold back the wages of someone you have hired, not even for one night.

Habakkuk 2:11

Even the stones of the walls cry out against you, and the rafters echo the cry.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord Almighty says, “I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners—against all who do not respect me.

Matthew 9:37

So he said to his disciples, “The harvest is large, but there are few workers to gather it in.

Luke 18:7

Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?

Romans 9:29

It is as Isaiah had said before, “If the Lord Almighty had not left us some descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.”

Deuteronomy 15:9

Do not refuse to lend them something, just because the year when debts are canceled is near. Do not let such an evil thought enter your mind. If you refuse to make the loan, they will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, be fair and just in the way you treat your slaves. Remember that you too have a Master in heaven.