Zechariah 8:16
These, are the things which ye shall do: Speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour, truth and the sentence of peace, pronounce ye in your gates;
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Deuteronomy 10:12Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,—but to revere Yahweh thy God to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:
Psalms 15:2He that walketh without blame, and doeth what is right, and speaketh truth with his heart;
Proverbs 12:17He that whispereth faithfulness, declareth righteousness, but, a false witness, is a fraud.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of dominion, and of prosperity, There shall be no end—Upon the throne of David and Upon his kingdom, By establishing it and By sustaining it, With justice and With righteousness,—From henceforth, Even unto times age-abiding: The jealousy of Yahweh of hosts, will perform this!
Jeremiah 9:3Who have prepared their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land,—For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Yahweh, ye sons of Israel,—that, a controversy, hath Yahweh with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, nor lovingkindness, nor knowledge of God, in the land:
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 →