James 5:4
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4 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.
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James 5:4
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4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C)
Leviticus 19:13
New Living Translation
13 “Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.
“Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.
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Leviticus 19:13
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13 “‘Do not defraud or rob(A) your neighbor.(B)
“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker(C) overnight.(D)
Jeremiah 22:13
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A Message about Jehoiakim
13 And the Lord says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,[a]
who builds his palace with forced labor.[b]
He builds injustice into its walls,
for he makes his neighbors work for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.
Jeremiah 22:13
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Malachi 3:5
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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.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Deuteronomy 24:14-15
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14 “Never take advantage of poor and destitute laborers, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns. 15 You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t, they might cry out to the Lord against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.
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Deuteronomy 24:14-15
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14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.(A) 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor(B) and are counting on it.(C) Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.(D)
Romans 9:29
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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.”[a]
Romans 9:29
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Job 24:10-11
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10 The poor must go about naked, without any clothing.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
11 They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it,
and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.
Job 24:10-11
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Exodus 22:27
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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.
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Exodus 22:27
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27 because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?(A) When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.(B)
Luke 18:7
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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?
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Luke 18:7
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7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
Psalm 9:12
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12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless.
He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.
Psalm 9:12
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Job 34:28
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28 They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention.
He hears the cries of the needy.
Job 34:28
New International Version
28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,
so that he heard the cry of the needy.(A)
Exodus 3:9
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9 Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.
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Exodus 3:9
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9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing(A) them.
Genesis 4:10
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10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
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Genesis 4:10
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10 The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.(A)
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