Deuteronomy 24:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Give him his pay every day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on the money. If you don’t pay him, he will complain against you to the Lord, and you will be guilty of sin.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:13

“You must not cheat or rob your neighbor. You must not hold a hired worker’s salary overnight until morning.

James 5:4

People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops. Now the Lord All-Powerful has heard their cries.

Jeremiah 22:13

“It will be very bad for King Jehoiakim. He is doing wrong so that he can build his palace. He is cheating people so that he can build rooms upstairs. He is not paying his own people. He is making them work for nothing.

Deuteronomy 15:9

“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about someone who needs help. You must not refuse to help them. If you don’t help the poor, they might complain to the Lord, and he will judge you guilty of sin.

Job 35:9

“If people are being hurt, they cry out and beg for protection from those who hurt them.

Job 34:28

They hurt the poor and made them cry to God for help. And he hears their cry!

Mark 10:19

And you know his commands: ‘You must not murder anyone, you must not commit adultery, you must not steal, you must not lie, you must not cheat, you must respect your father and mother ….’”

Matthew 20:8

“At the end of the day, the owner of the field said to the boss of all the workers, ‘Call the workers and pay them all. Start by paying the last people I hired. Then pay all of them, ending with the ones I hired first.’

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the house of Israel. The grapevine, the plant he loves, is the man of Judah. The Lord hoped for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for fairness, but there were only cries from people being treated badly.

Psalm 86:4

My Lord, I put my life in your hands. I am your servant, so make me happy.

Psalm 25:1

Lord, I put my life in your hands.

Psalm 24:4

Only those who have not done evil, who have pure hearts, who have not used my name to hide their lies, and who have not made false promises.

Job 31:38

“I did not use my land in a wrong way. I never caused it to suffer.

1 Timothy 5:18

As the Scriptures say, “When a work animal is being used to separate grain, don’t keep it from eating the grain.” And the Scriptures also say, “A worker should be given his pay.”

Leviticus 25:35

“If anyone from your own country becomes too poor to support themselves, you must let them live with you like a visitor.

Job 31:13

“If I refused to be fair to my slaves when they had a complaint against me,

Job 7:2

They are like a slave looking for cool shade or a hired worker waiting for payday.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will bring you to justice. I will be an expert witness and testify about the evil things people do. I will speak out against those who do evil magic or commit adultery. I will speak out against those who make false promises and cheat their workers and don’t pay them the money they promised. I will testify against those who don’t help strangers, or widows and orphans. And I will testify against those who don’t respect me.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.