James 5:4

New English Translation

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Job 34:28

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

Job 7:2

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

Psalm 9:12

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

Exodus 22:27

for it is his only covering – it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

Exodus 3:9

And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 5:7

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

Isaiah 5:9

The Lord who commands armies told me this: “Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.

Jeremiah 22:13

“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

Leviticus 19:13

You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

Habakkuk 2:11

For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Matthew 9:37

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Luke 18:7

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

Romans 9:29

Just as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.