Leviticus 25:40-43
25:40 He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner;
he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,
25:41 but then
he may go free,
he and his children with him, and may return to his family and to the property of his ancestors.
25:42 Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.
25:43 You must not rule over him harshly,
but you must fear your God.
Job 24:10-11
24:10 They go about naked, without clothing,
and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.
24:11 They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees;
they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty.
Job 31:13-15
31:13 “If I have disregarded the right of my male servants
or my female servants
when they disputed with me,
31:14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment;
when he intervenes,
how will I respond to him?
31:15 Did not the one who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same one form us in the womb?
Proverbs 14:31
14:31 The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator,
but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 22:16
22:16 The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain
and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.
Ezekiel 22:7
22:7 They have treated father and mother with contempt
within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow
within you.
Amos 2:7
2:7 They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor;
they push the destitute away.
A man and his father go to the same girl;
in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.
Amos 4:1
4:1 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria!
You oppress the poor;
you crush the needy.
You say to your husbands,
“Bring us more to drink!”
Amos 8:4
8:4 Listen to this, you who trample the needy,
and do away with the destitute in the land.
Malachi 3:5
3:5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.
Luke 10:7
10:7 Stay
in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you,
for the worker deserves his pay.
Do not move around from house to house.