Deuteronomy 24:14

14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

Deuteronomy 24:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 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:
ESV
14 "You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
NLT
14 “Never take advantage of poor and destitute laborers, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns.
MSG
14 Don't abuse a laborer who is destitute and needy, whether he is a fellow Israelite living in your land and in your city.
CSB
14 "Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land.

Deuteronomy 24:14 In-Context

12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.
13 Return their cloak by sunset so that your neighbor may sleep in it. Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the LORD your God.
14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
16 Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 25:35-43; Deuteronomy 15:12-18; Job 24:4; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 19:17; Amos 4:1; 1 Timothy 5:18
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