Thou shalt not defraud
thy neighbour,
neither rob him:
the wages
of him that is hired shall not abide
with thee all night
until the morning.
And
the sabbath
of the land
shall be meat
for you;
for thee,
and for thy servant,
and for thy maid,
and for thy
hired servant,
and for thy stranger
that sojourneth with thee.
Thou shalt not rule
over him
with rigour;
but shalt fear
thy God.
But the seventh day
is the sabbath
of the LORD thy God:
in it
thou shalt not do
any work,
thou,
nor thy son,
nor thy daughter,
nor thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
nor thine ox,
nor thine ass,
nor any
of thy cattle,
nor thy stranger
that is
within thy gates;
that thy manservant
and thy maidservant
may rest
as well as thou.
It shall not seem hard
unto thee,
when
thou sendest him
away
free
from thee;
for he
hath been
worth a double
hired servant
to thee,
in serving
thee six years:
and the LORD
thy God
shall bless thee
in all
that thou doest.
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:
At his day
thou shalt give him
his hire,
neither shall
the sun go down
upon it;
for he
is poor,
and setteth
his heart
upon it:
lest
he cry
against thee
unto the LORD,
and it
be sin
unto thee.
Is there not
an appointed
time
to man
upon earth?
are not his days also like
the days
of an hireling?
As a servant
earnestly desireth
the shadow,
and as an hireling looketh
for the reward
of his work:
So am
I made
to possess months
of vanity,
and wearisome nights
are appointed to me.
Man that is born
of a woman
is of few days
and full of trouble.
Turn from him,
that he
may rest,
till he
shall accomplish,
as an hireling,
his day.
If I
did despise
the cause
of my manservant
or of my maidservant,
when
they
contended with me;
What
then shall
I do
when God
riseth up?
and
when he visiteth,
what shall
I answer him?
Did not
he that
made me
in the womb make him?
and did not
one fashion us
in the womb?
He that
oppresseth
the poor
to increase his riches,
and
he that
giveth to the rich,
shall surely come
to want.
He that
delicately bringeth
up his servant
from a child
shall have him become
his son
at the length.
Woe unto him that
buildeth
his house
by unrighteousness,
and his chambers
by wrong;
that useth
his neighbour's service
without wages,
and giveth him not
for his work;
And
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 the LORD
of hosts.
Nor scrip
for your journey,
neither two coats,
neither shoes,
nor yet staves:
for the workman
is worthy
of his meat.
And
in the same house remain,
eating
and drinking
such things
as they give:
for the labourer
is worthy
of his hire.
Go not
from house to house.
And he
went
and joined himself
to a citizen
of that country;
and he
sent him
into his fields
to feed swine.
Now to him that
worketh
is
the reward
not reckoned
of grace,
but of debt.
And,
ye masters,
do the same things
unto them,
forbearing threatening:
knowing that
your Master
also is
in heaven;
neither is there
respect
of persons
with him.
Masters,
give
unto your servants
that which
is just
and equal;
knowing that
ye also have
a Master
in heaven.
For the scripture saith,
Thou
shalt not muzzle
the ox
that treadeth
out the corn.
And,
The labourer
is worthy
of his reward.
For perhaps
he therefore departed
for a season,
that thou
shouldest receive him
for ever;
Not now as a servant,
but above
a servant,
a brother beloved,
specially to me,
but
how much more
unto thee,
both in the flesh,
and
in the Lord?
Behold,
the hire
of the labourers
who have reaped
down your fields,
which is of you
kept
back by fraud,
crieth:
and the cries
of them
which have reaped
are entered
into the ears
of the Lord
of sabaoth.