Zechariah 7:9
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shewe mercy and compassion, euery man to his brother,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8And the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariah, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.
Deuteronomy 10:18Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, and loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.
Deuteronomy 16:18Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall iudge the people with righteous iudgement.
Psalms 82:2How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Proverbs 21:3To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
Jeremiah 7:5For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,
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 →