Zechariah 8:17

and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbor; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, saith the Lord Almighty.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 which ye shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbor; judge truth and peaceable judgment in your gates:

18And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying,

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Cross References

Psalms 5:5For thou art not a God that desires iniquity; 1 Neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee. 1

Psalms 101:3Turn not away thy face from me: 1 In the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: 1 In the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me. 1

Proverbs 6:14His perverse heart devises evils: 1 At all times such a one causes troubles to a city. 1

Proverbs 6:18And a heart devising evil thoughts, 1 And feet hastening to do evil— are hateful to God. 1

Jeremiah 4:2The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 44:4Now Jeremiah came and went through the midst of the city: for they had not put him into the house of the prison.

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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