James 5:4 Cross References
James 5:4
4: For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
Leviticus 19:13
- "Do not cheat or rob anyone. "Always pay your hired workers promptly.
Malachi 3:5
- At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready 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 Almighty.
Jeremiah 22:13
- And the LORD says, "Destruction is certain for Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. By not paying wages, he builds injustice into its walls and oppression into its doorframes and ceilings.
Romans 9:29
- And Isaiah said in another place, "If the Lord Almighty had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah."
Deuteronomy 24:14
- "Never take advantage of poor laborers, whether fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns.
- Pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.
Job 24:10
- The poor must go about naked, without any clothing. They are forced to carry food while they themselves are starving.
- They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it, and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.
Luke 18:7
- Even he rendered a just decision in the end, so don't you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who plead with him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
Exodus 22:27
- Your neighbor will need it to stay warm during the night. If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am very merciful.
Psalms 9:12
- For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore those who cry to him for help.
Genesis 4:10
- But the LORD said, "What have you done? Listen--your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
Exodus 3:9
- The cries of the people of Israel have reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians have oppressed them with heavy tasks.
Job 34:28
- So they cause the poor to cry out, catching God's attention. Yes, he hears the cries of the needy.
Habakkuk 2:11
- The very stones in the walls of your houses cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.
Isaiah 5:7
- This is the story of the LORD's people. They are the vineyard of the LORD Almighty. Israel and Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected them to yield a crop of justice, but instead he found bloodshed. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of oppression.
Isaiah 1:9
- If the LORD Almighty had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Exodus 2:23
- Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites still groaned beneath their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their pleas for deliverance rose up to God.
- God heard their cries and remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Job 31:38
- "If my land accuses me and all its furrows weep together,
- or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners,
Colossians 4:1
- You slave owners must be just and fair to your slaves. Remember that you also have a Master--in heaven.
Exodus 22:22
- "Do not exploit widows or orphans.
- If you do and they cry out to me, then I will surely help them.
- My anger will blaze forth against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless.