Bible Cross References
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Leviticus 25:40-43
40
They shall stay with you as hired workers and serve you until the next Year of Restoration.
41
At that time they and their children shall leave you and return to their family and to the property of their ancestors.
42
The people of Israel are the LORD's slaves, and he brought them out of Egypt; they must not be sold into slavery.
43
Do not treat them harshly, but obey your God.
Job 24:10
But the poor must go out with no clothes to protect them; they must go hungry while harvesting wheat.
Job 24:11
They press olives for oil, and grapes for wine, but they themselves are thirsty.
Job 31:13-15
13
When any of my servants complained against me, I would listen and treat them fairly.
14
If I did not, how could I then face God? What could I say when God came to judge me?
15
The same God who created me created my servants also.
Proverbs 14:31
If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who made them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.
Proverbs 22:16
If you make gifts to rich people or oppress the poor to get rich, you will become poor yourself.
Ezekiel 22:7
None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.
Amos 2:7
They trample down the weak and helpless and push the poor out of the way. A man and his father have intercourse with the same slave woman, and so profane my holy name.
Amos 4:1
Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!
Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.
Malachi 3:5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.
Luke 10:7
Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another.