You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
For that is his only covering, it is his clothing for his skin: what shall he sleep in? and it shall come to pass, when he cries out to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin unto you.
In his day you shall give him his wages, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: so that he does not cry against you unto the LORD, and it be sin unto you.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which are by you kept back by fraud, cry out: and the cries of those who have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.