Deuteronomy 24:15

Ver. 15. At his day thou shalt give him his hire— This particularly concerns those who live by their daily labour: they ought to be paid before the sun goes down; all ought to receive their wages, whether labourers or servants, at the time agreed upon; for this is what he setteth his heart upon; or, as the Vulgate has it, for from hence he supports his soul, or life. The bread of the needy is their life, saith the son of Sirach; he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood: he that taketh away his neighbour's living, slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire, is a blood-shedder. Sir 34:21-22. He sheddeth blood, inasmuch as the wages of the labourer are what supports him, and as, according to the Scripture, the life of man is in his blood. See St. Augustin. Quaest. in Levit. col. 516.