Zechariah 7:10

And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

Young's Literal Translation

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

9'Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

11And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:21'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:14'Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

Psalms 21:11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

Psalms 72:4He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Proverbs 3:29Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

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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