Deuteronomy 24:14-15

Miscellaneous Laws

¹⁴ "You shall not _r oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. ¹⁵ _s You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), _t lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

1. Cross References
   Malachi 3:5
   Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
   Leviticus 25:39 - 43
   If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 22:13
   Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages.
   Leviticus 19:13
   You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 15:9
   Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin.
   James 5:4
   Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.