Jeremiah 22:13
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13 (A)“Woe to him who builds his house by (B)unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
(C)who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
Micah 3:10
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10 (A)who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
James 5:4
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4 Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts.
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Leviticus 19:13
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13 (A)“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. (B)The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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Deuteronomy 24:14-15
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14 “You shall not (A)oppress a hired worker 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 (B)You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), (C)lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.
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Habakkuk 2:9-11
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9 (A)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(B)to (C)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
(D)by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For (E)the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Jeremiah 22:18
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18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
(A)“They shall not lament for him, saying,
(B)‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
(C)‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
Job 24:10-11
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10 They go about naked, without clothing;
hungry, they (A)carry the sheaves;
11 among the olive rows of the wicked[a] they make oil;
they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.
Footnotes
- Job 24:11 Hebrew their olive rows
2 Chronicles 36:4
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4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.
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2 Kings 23:35-37
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35 And Jehoiakim (A)gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.
Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah
36 (B)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (C)according to all that his fathers had done.
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