Zechariah 7:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Thus has the Lord of hosts spoken: Execute true judgment and show mercy and kindness and tender compassion, every man to his brother;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Make just and faithful decisions; show kindness and compassion to each other!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with his brother.

Zechariah 7:9 Cross References

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Jeremiah 7:5

For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another,

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed, or else my wrath will go forth like fire and burn, with no one to quench it, because of their evil doings.

John 7:51

“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”

Luke 11:42

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.

Zechariah 7:7

Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, along with the towns around it, and when the Negeb and the Shephelah were inhabited?”

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Ezekiel 45:9

“Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord God.

Jeremiah 7:23

But this command I gave them, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.”

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

John 7:24

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Deuteronomy 22:1

“You shall not watch your neighbor’s ox or sheep straying away and ignore them; you shall take them back to their owner.

2 Samuel 9:7

David said to him, “Do not be afraid, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan; I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you yourself shall eat at my table always.”

Job 6:14

“Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel 18:8

does not take advance or accrued interest, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between contending parties,

Zechariah 7:8

The word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:

Job 31:20

whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Hosea 12:7

A trader in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.