Zechariah 7:10

וְאַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם גֵּר וְעָנִי אַֽל ־ תַּעֲשֹׁקוּ וְרָעַת אִישׁ אָחִיו אַֽל ־ תַּחְשְׁבוּ בִּלְבַבְכֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת לֵאמֹר מִשְׁפַּט אֱמֶת שְׁפֹטוּ וְחֶסֶד וְרַֽחֲמִים עֲשׂוּ אִישׁ אֶת ־ אָחִֽיו ׃

11וַיְמָאֲנוּ לְהַקְשִׁיב וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרָרֶת וְאָזְנֵיהֶם הִכְבִּידוּ מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 22:21כָּל ־ אַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם לֹא תְעַנּֽוּן ׃

Deuteronomy 24:14לֹא ־ תַעֲשֹׁק שָׂכִיר עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן מֵאַחֶיךָ אוֹ מִגֵּרְךָ אֲשֶׁר בְּאַרְצְךָ בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ ׃

Psalms 21:11פִּרְיָמוֹ מֵאֶרֶץ תְּאַבֵּד וְזַרְעָם מִבְּנֵי אָדָֽם ׃

Psalms 72:4יִשְׁפֹּט ׀ עֲ‍ֽנִיֵּי ־ עָם יוֹשִׁיעַ לִבְנֵי אֶבְיוֹן וִֽידַכֵּא עוֹשֵֽׁק ׃

Proverbs 3:29אַל ־ תַּחֲרֹשׁ עַל ־ רֵעֲךָ רָעָה וְהֽוּא ־ יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח אִתָּֽךְ ׃

Proverbs 22:22אַֽל ־ תִּגְזָל ־ דָּל כִּי דַל ־ הוּא וְאַל ־ תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּֽׁעַר ׃

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 →

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