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
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as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --
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then he hath gone out from thee, he and his sons with him, and hath turned back unto his family; even unto the possession of his fathers he doth turn back.
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'For they [are] My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold [with] the sale of a servant;
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thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.
Job 24:10
Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.
Job 24:11
Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
Job 31:13-15
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If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
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Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?
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Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
Proverbs 14:31
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Proverbs 22:16
He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
Amos 2:7
Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who [are] in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: 'Bring in, and we do drink.'
Amos 8:4
Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
Malachi 3:5
And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Luke 10:7
'And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy [is] the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,