Zechariah 7:10

And do not oppress widow, and fatherless, || Sojourner, and poor, || And you do not devise the calamity of one another in your heart.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

In Context

9“Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, || Judge [with] true judgment, || And do kindness and mercy with one another.

11And they refuse to attend, || And they give a stubborn shoulder, || And their ears are made heavy against hearing.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:21And you do not oppress a sojourner, nor crush him, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:14You do not oppress a hired worker, poor and needy, of your brothers or of your sojourner who is in your land within your gates;

Psalms 21:11For they stretched out evil against You, || They devised a wicked scheme, they do not prevail,

Psalms 72:4He judges the poor of the people, || Gives deliverance to the sons of the needy, || And bruises the oppressor.

Proverbs 3:29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, || And he sitting confidently with you.

Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor because he [is] poor, || And do not bruise the afflicted in the gate.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 7:9-14

Wilful Disobedience of Israel; Consequences of Disobedience. ( b. c. 520.) 8 And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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