Leviticus 19:13 Cross References

Leviticus 19:13

13: "Do not cheat or rob anyone. "Always pay your hired workers promptly.

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.

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.

"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.

But if the thief is not found, God will determine whether or not it was the neighbor who stole the property.
"Suppose there is a dispute between two people as to who owns a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or anything else. Both parties must come before God for a decision, and the person whom God declares guilty must pay double to the other.

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.

This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!

But as for your question, you know the commandments: 'Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not testify falsely. Do not cheat. Honor your father and mother.'"

Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.

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.
"If you lend money to a fellow Hebrew in need, do not be like a money lender, charging interest.
If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge of repayment, you must return it by nightfall.
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.

If it was attacked by a wild animal, the carcass must be shown as evidence, and no payment will be required.

Never cheat a Christian brother in this matter by taking his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.

Or suppose they find a lost item and lie about it, or they deny something while under oath, or they commit any other similar sin.

"Do not oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

But if the owner is there, no payment is required. And no payment is required if the animal was rented because this loss was covered by the rental fee.

"Show your honesty," he replied. "Make sure you collect no more taxes than the Roman government requires you to."

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