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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,

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Hireling; Hired Servant,

Poor,

Servant,

Stranger

Cross References

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

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Job 24:10‑11• ¹⁰Naked they go without clothing,{HR}And hungry they bear the sheaf,
¹¹They make oil within their walls,{HR}They tread wine-vats and they thirst. (Job 24:10‑11)

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Job 31:13‑15• ¹³If I despised the right of my bondman{HR}Or of my bondmaid, in their contending with me,
¹⁴What then shall I do when God [El] ariseth?{HR}And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
¹⁵In the belly did not he that made me make him?{HR}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;{HR}But he that honoureth Him is merciful to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)

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Prov. 22:16• ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [wealth],{HR}He that giveth to the rich, surely [cometh] only to want. (Prov. 22:16)

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Ezek. 22:7• ⁷{i}In 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.{/i} (Ezek. 22:7)

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Amos 2:7• ⁷{i}panting 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.{/i} (Amos 2:7)

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

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Amos 8:4• ⁴{i}Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,{/i} (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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling 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 give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. {i}Remove not from house to house.{/i} (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."

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)