Leviticus 19:13
19:13 You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him.
You must not withhold
the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Wisdom Demonstrated in Relationships with People
3:27 Do not withhold good from those who need it,
when you have the ability to help.
3:28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go! Return tomorrow
and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.
Jeremiah 22:13
Judgment on Jehoiakim
22:13 “‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice
and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms.
He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.
Matthew 20:8
20:8 When
it was evening
the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay
starting with the last hired until the first.’
Mark 10:19
10:19 You know the commandments: ‘
Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
James 5:4
5:4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.