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
As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.
41
And then he shall depart from you; he and his children with him; and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers.
42
For they are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
43
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but you shall fear your God.
Job 24:10
They cause them to go naked, without clothing; and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
Job 24:11
They press out oil within their walls, and tread winepresses, but are thirsty.
Job 31:13-15
13
If I despised the cause of my male or female servant when they have a dispute with me,
14
what then shall I do when the Mighty God rises up? When He reviews my case, what shall I answer Him?
15
Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the needy.
Proverbs 22:16
He who oppresses the poor to make increase for himself, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the sojourner; in you they have mistreated the orphan and the widow.
Amos 2:7
They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the helpless, and thrust aside the way of the afflicted. And a man and his father go in to the same girl, in order to profane My holy name.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, Bring in, that we may drink.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, and make the poor of the land to fail,
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against those swearing to a lie; and against those who defraud the hired laborer of his pay, and turn away the widow, and the fatherless, and the alien; and who do not fear Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.
Luke 10:7
And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.