James 5:4 (WEB)
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
Catechism · 4
Sin
“The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel, The sin of the Sodomites, The cry of the people oppressed in Egypt, The cry of the foreigner, the widow, and the orphan, injustice to the wage earner.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Deut 24:14-15; Jas 5:4.
The Seventh Commandment
“…retention of goods lent or of objects lost; business fraud; paying unjust wages; forcing up prices by taking advantage of the ignorance or hardship of another.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Deut 25:13-16; 24:14-15; Jas 5:4; Am 8:4-6.
“To refuse or withhold it can be a grave injustice.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lev 19:13; Deut 24:14-15; Jas 5:4
“You have condemned, you have killed the righteous man; he does not resist you.” — Catechism footnote: Jas 5:1-6.
Cross-references · 20
Cited together in Catechism §1867.
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Cited together in Catechism §1867.
Cited together in Catechism §1867.
Cited together in Catechism §2434.
Cited together in Catechism §1867 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §1867 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §2409.
Cited together in Catechism §2409.
Cited together in Catechism §2409.
Cited together in Catechism §2409.
Cited together in Catechism §2409.
Cited together in Catechism §2409.
Cited together in Catechism §2409.