Zechariah 8:17

Let none of you devise evil in your heart against one another. Do not love perjury. All these are things I hate, says the Lord.

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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 you should do: Speak the truth to each other. Render peaceful decisions in your gates.

18And this message of the Lord of hosts came to me:

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Cross References

Psalms 5:5No braggarts can stand in your presence, you hate all workers of wrong.

Psalms 101:3I would never direct my eyes to a thing that is base. The impulse to stray I abhor it shall not cling to me.

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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