James 5:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

God then said: What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!

Job 34:28

And made the cry of the poor reach him, so that he heard the cry of the afflicted.

Job 7:2

Like a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for wages,

Psalm 9:12

Sing hymns to the Lord enthroned on Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations!

Exodus 22:27

You shall not despise God, nor curse a leader of your people.

Exodus 3:9

Now indeed the outcry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of hosts had not left us a small remnant, We would have become as Sodom, would have resembled Gomorrah.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, the people of Judah, his cherished plant; He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!

Isaiah 5:9

In my hearing the Lord of hosts has sworn: Many houses shall be in ruins, houses large and fine, with nobody living there.

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe to him who builds his house on wrongdoing, his roof-chambers on injustice; Who works his neighbors without pay, and gives them no wages.

Leviticus 19:13

You shall not exploit your neighbor. You shall not commit robbery. You shall not withhold overnight the wages of your laborer.

Habakkuk 2:11

For the stone in the wall shall cry out, and the beam in the frame shall answer it!

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 9:37

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;

Luke 18:7

Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?

Romans 9:29

And as Isaiah predicted: “Unless the Lord of hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah.” Righteousness Based on Faith.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful not to entertain the mean thought, “The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,” so that you would begrudge your kin who is in need and give nothing, and your kin would cry to the Lord against you and you would be held guilty.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, realizing that you too have a Master in heaven. Prayer and Apostolic Spirit.