Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which ye shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbor; judge truth and peaceable judgment in your gates:
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Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
Psalms 15:2I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; 1 For thou hast no need of my goodness. 1
Proverbs 12:17A righteous man declares the open truth; 1 But an unjust witness is deceitful. 1
Isaiah 9:7The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.
Jeremiah 9:3Beware ye each of his neighbor, and trust ye not in your brethren: for everyone will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
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 →