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Deut. 24:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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:

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Brethren,

Gate,

Hireling; Hired Servant,

Poor,

Servant,

Stranger

Cross References

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Lev. 25:40‑43• ⁴⁰as a hired servant, as a sojourner, shall he be with thee; until the year of jubilee shall he serve thee.
⁴¹Then shall he depart from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
⁴²For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as men sell bondmen.
⁴³Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God. (Lev. 25:40‑43)

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Job 24:10‑11• ¹⁰These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
¹¹They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (Job 24:10‑11)

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Job 31:13‑15• ¹³If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
¹⁴What then should I do when *God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?
¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:13‑15)

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Prov. 14:31• ³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)

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Prov. 22:16• ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want. (Prov. 22:16)

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Ezek. 22:7• ⁷In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. (Ezek. 22:7)

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Amos 2:7• ⁷panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name. (Amos 2:7)

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Amos 4:1• ¹Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink: (Amos 4:1)

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Amos 8:4• ⁴Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land, (Amos 8:4)

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Mal. 3:5• ⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)

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Luke 10:7• ⁷And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house. (Luke 10:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poore and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojournersf who are in thy land within thy gates:

JND Translation Notes

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e

Or "afflicted," as ch. 15.11.

f

Or "strangers."