Whoever steals a man and sells
him, and anyone found in
possession of him, shall be put to
death.
(Exodus 21:16)
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You shall not oppress your
neighbor or rob him. The wages of
a hired servant shall not remain
with you all night until the
morning.
(Leviticus 19:13)
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You shall not rule over him
ruthlessly but shall fear your
God.
(Leviticus 25:43)
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If I have rejected the cause of my
manservant or my maidservant, when
they brought a complaint against
me, what then shall I do when God
rises up? When he makes inquiry,
what shall I answer him? Did not
he who made me in the womb make
him? And did not one fashion us in
the womb?
(Job 31:13-15)
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A false balance is an abomination
to the Lord, but a just weight is
his delight.
(Proverbs 11:1)
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Whoever oppresses the poor to
increase his own wealth, or gives
to the rich, will only come to
poverty.
(Proverbs 22:16)
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Whoever pampers his servant from
childhood will in the end find him
his heir.
(Proverbs 29:21)
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Woe to him who builds his house by
unrighteousness, and his upper
rooms by injustice, who makes his
neighbor serve him for nothing and
does not give him his wages,
(Jeremiah 22:13)
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No bag for your journey, nor two
tunics nor sandals nor a staff,
for the laborer deserves his food.
(Matthew 10:10)
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Now when those hired first came,
they thought they would receive
more, but each of them also
received a denarius. And on
receiving it they grumbled at the
master of the house, saying,
‘These last worked only one hour,
and you have made them equal to us
who have borne the burden of the
day and the scorching heat.’ But
he replied to one of them,
‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Did you not agree with me for a
denarius? Take what belongs to you
and go. I choose to give to this
last worker as I give to you. ...
(Matthew 20:10-15)
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Nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor
swindlers will inherit the kingdom
of God.
(1 Corinthians 6:10)
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Masters, do the same to them, and
stop your threatening, knowing
that he who is both their Master
and yours is in heaven, and that
there is no partiality with him.
(Ephesians 6:9)
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Masters, treat your slaves justly
and fairly, knowing that you also
have a Master in heaven.
(Colossians 4:1)
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For the Scripture says, “You shall
not muzzle an ox when it treads
out the grain,” and, “The laborer
deserves his wages.”
(1 Timothy 5:18)
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Behold, the wages of the laborers
who mowed your fields, which you
kept back by fraud, are crying out
against you, and the cries of the
harvesters have reached the ears
of the Lord of hosts.
(James 5:4)
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You have lived on the earth in
luxury and in self-indulgence. You
have fattened your hearts in a day
of slaughter.
(James 5:5)
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