James 5:4

New Living Translation

For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!

Job 34:28

They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention. He hears the cries of the needy.

Job 7:2

like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid.

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.

Exodus 22:27

This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. How can a person sleep without it? If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am merciful.

Exodus 3:9

Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 5:7

The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.

Isaiah 5:9

But I have heard the Lord of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath: “Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty.

Jeremiah 22:13

And the Lord says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. He builds injustice into its walls, for he makes his neighbors work for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

Leviticus 19:13

“Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.

Habakkuk 2:11

The very stones in the walls cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.

Malachi 3:5

“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Matthew 9:37

He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few.

Luke 18:7

Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

Romans 9:29

And Isaiah said the same thing in another place: “If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of our children, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.”

Deuteronomy 15:9

Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the Lord, you will be considered guilty of sin.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, be just and fair to your slaves. Remember that you also have a Master—in heaven.