Zechariah 8:17

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

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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 you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

18The word of the LORD of Armies came to me.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:5The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

Psalms 101:3I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

Proverbs 6:14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Jeremiah 4:2and you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”

Jeremiah 44:4However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do 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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