Deuteronomy 24:14 References
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"aYou shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.
a Leviticus 19:13, Leviticus 25:35-43, Deuteronomy 15:7-18, Proverbs 14:31, Amos 4:1, 1 Timothy 5:18
Leviticus 19
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'aYou shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. bThe wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.
Leviticus 25
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'aNow in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
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'aDo not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you.
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'You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain.
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'aI am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and bto be your God.
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'aIf a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.
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'He shall be with you as a hired man, as aif he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.
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'He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers.
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'For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.
Deuteronomy 15
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"If there is aa poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, byou shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;
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but ayou shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.
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"Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, 'aThe seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and byour eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he cmay cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.
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"You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because afor this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.
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"aFor the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.'
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"aIf your kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him free.
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"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
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"You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you.
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"You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.
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"It shall come about aif he says to you, 'I will not go out from you,' because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;
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then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant.
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"It shall not seem hard to you when you set him free, for he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man; so the Lord your God will bless you in whatever you do.
Proverbs 14
Amos 4
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Hear this word, you cows of aBashan who are on the bmountain of Samaria, Who coppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, "Bring now, that we may ddrink!"