Zechariah 8:17

and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

In Context

16These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

18And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying:

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Cross References

Psalms 5:5(5-6) The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Psalms 101:3I will set no base thing before mine eyes; I hate the doing of things crooked; it shall not cleave unto me.

Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

Proverbs 6:18A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;

Jeremiah 4:2And wilt swear: 'As the LORD liveth' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then shall the nations bless themselves by Him, and in Him shall they glory.

Jeremiah 44:4Howbeit I sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:10-18

Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. 10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now I will not… Read the whole commentary →

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