Zechariah 7:10

Zechariah chapter 7 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

Context

v.9Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

v.10This passage

v.11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 5:4

    Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

  • Ezekiel 22:29

    The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

  • Micah 3:1

    And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?

  • Psalms 36:4

    He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

  • Psalms 21:11

    For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

  • Amos 4:1

    Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.