Deuteronomy 1:16 instructs judges to do justice for foreigners, extending the fair treatment of outsiders beyond labor to legal matters.

In Malachi 3:5, God specifically includes those who oppress hired workers among those He will judge, reinforcing this command.

Amos 8:4 condemns trampling the needy and destroying the poor — the same sin prohibited in Deuteronomy, showing prophetic indictment.

Leviticus 25:40-43 similarly commands treating hired Israelites and sojourners with dignity, not ruling ruthlessly — expanding on the same principle of fair treatment.

Job 24:10 depicts the very oppression condemned — workers harvesting grain while hungry and naked, a vivid example of exploiting hired laborers.

Job 24:11 continues the picture: laborers produce oil and wine yet go thirsty — a direct violation of the command not to oppress hired workers.

Job 31:13-15 applies this principle: Job says he never despised his servants' cause, because God made them as he made Job — a personal application of the command.

Amos 4:1 rebukes wealthy women who oppress and crush the poor and needy — directly violating the command not to oppress hired workers.

Proverbs 14:31 gives the theological basis: oppressing the poor insults God their Maker, reinforcing the command's divine concern for the needy.

Proverbs 22:16 warns that oppressing the poor for personal gain leads to poverty — a consequence reinforcing the command's wisdom.

Amos 2:7 condemns trampling the poor into the dust — a severe form of the oppression forbidden in Deuteronomy, showing Israel's failure.

Ezekiel 22:7 lists oppression of sojourners, fatherless, and widows as a sin of Judah — directly echoing the prohibition against oppressing hired sojourners.

Colossians 4:1 similarly instructs masters to treat bondservants justly, echoing the fair wages command.

Ephesians 6:9 applies this to Christian masters, commanding fair treatment of servants because both have the same Master in heaven.

James 5:4 warns that withheld wages cry out to God, showing the dire consequence of violating this command.

1 Timothy 5:18 cites the principle that laborers deserve their wages, supporting the justice commanded here.

Exodus 23:9 also commands not oppressing a foreigner, directly paralleling the protection of foreign workers here.

Zechariah 7:10 echoes this command by including the poor and sojourner among those not to be oppressed, reinforcing the same social justice principle.

Jeremiah 22:13 condemns building with unpaid labor, directly mirroring the oppression of hired workers forbidden here.

Leviticus 19:33 commands not mistreating foreigners, a broader principle that includes the foreign hired worker mentioned here.

Leviticus 19:13 prohibits withholding wages overnight, a specific form of oppression addressed in this command.

Luke 10:7 teaches that the laborer deserves his wages, a principle underlying this command against oppression.

Romans 13:8 broadens the principle: love fulfills the law, so not oppressing workers is an act of love.

Psalm 103:6 declares God’s justice for the oppressed, affirming that He upholds the cause of those protected by this command.