Deuteronomy 24:15-17

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¹⁵ Give him his pay every day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on the money. If you don’t pay him, he will complain against you to the Lord, and you will be guilty of sin.

¹⁶ “Parents must not be put to death for something their children did. And children must not be put to death for something their parents did. People should be put to death only for a bad thing that they themselves did.

¹⁷ “You must make sure that foreigners and orphans are treated fairly. And you must never take clothes from a widow as security.