Jeremiah 22:13

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:4

Then the king of Egypt made Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz his brother away and brought him to Egypt. Jehoiakim.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, his God.

Job 31:39

If I have eaten its strength without payment and grieved the hearts of its tenants;

Isaiah 5:8

Ah! Those who join house to house, who connect field with field, Until no space remains, and you alone dwell in the midst of the land!

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge that broods but does not hatch are those who acquire wealth unjustly: In midlife it will desert them; in the end they are only fools.

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah: They shall not lament him, “Alas! my brother”; “Alas! sister.” They shall not lament him, “Alas, Lord! alas, Majesty!”

Leviticus 19:13

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

Micah 3:10

Who build up Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness!

Habakkuk 2:12

Ah! you who build a city by bloodshed, and who establish a town with injustice!

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.

Deuteronomy 15:13

When you release a male from your service, as a free person, you shall not send him away empty-handed,

James 5:4

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.