Zechariah 7:10

Webster's Bible (1833)

Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'

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  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they don't judge.
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, And will break the oppressor in pieces.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good; He doesn't abhor evil.
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 Those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
  • Prov 3:29 : 29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court; 23 For Yahweh will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil. 17 Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."
  • Exod 22:21-24 : 21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. 22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 24:14-18 : 14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates: 15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge; 18 but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
  • Jer 11:19-20 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, Yahweh of Hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him. 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh. 17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their lords, "Bring, and let us drink."
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine. 12 For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.
  • Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity And work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields, and seize them; And houses, and take them away: And they oppress a man and his house, Even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus says Yahweh: "Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, From which you will not remove your necks, Neither will you walk haughtily; For it is an evil time.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, And rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice? 2 You who hate the good, And love the evil; Who tear off their skin, And their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, And flay their skin from off them, And break their bones, And chop them in pieces, as for the pot, And as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then they will cry to Yahweh, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds evil."
  • Zeph 3:1-3 : 1 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city! 2 She didn't obey the voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her God. 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
  • Zech 8:17 : 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 Yahweh.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • 1 John 3:15 : 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

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  • Jer 7:5-6
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    5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

    6 if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

  • Zech 8:16-17
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    16 These 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,

    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 Yahweh.

  • 9 "Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

  • 3 Thus says Yahweh: Execute you justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • 17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

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    21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

    22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

  • 2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • 7 If there be with you a poor man, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

  • 9 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

  • 14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:

  • 6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • 17 Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."

  • 15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

  • 7 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

  • 22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court;

  • 9 "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

  • 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts.

  • 17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  • 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.

  • 17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

  • 18 He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.

  • 19 Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.

  • 14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

  • 17 You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your God.

  • 16 neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

  • 12 But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.

  • 6 They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless.

  • 7 Isn't it to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

  • 11 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.

  • 19 then shall you do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • 35 "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.

  • 3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

  • 11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

  • 29 and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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    20 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

    21 When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

  • 11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • 31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, But he who is kind to the needy honors him.

  • 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • 4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, And cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • 33 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

  • 11 "'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

  • 9 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • 9 Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

  • 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

  • 10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: