Zechariah 8:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ These are the things that you shall do: speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor; render the truth and pronounce the judgment or verdict that makes for peace in [the courts at] your gates. [Eph. 4:25.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ These are the things you should do: Speak the truth to each other; make truthful, just, and peaceable decisions within your gates.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, these are the words that you shall do: Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor. With truth and a judgment of peace, judge at your gates.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ These then are the things, which you shall do: Speak ye truth every one to his neighbour: judge ye truth and judgment of peace in your gates.

Zechariah 8:16 Cross References

Psalm 15:2

Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right and speak the truth from their heart;

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

Proverbs 12:17

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness speaks deceitfully.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Isaiah 9:7

Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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,

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.

Leviticus 19:11

“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; and you shall not lie to one another.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:24

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

Micah 6:12

Your wealthy are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies with tongues of deceit in their mouths.

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?

Zephaniah 3:13

the remnant of Israel; they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. Then they will pasture and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.

Zechariah 7:9

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

Zechariah 8:19

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; therefore love truth and peace.”

Zechariah 8:3

Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts shall be called the holy mountain.

Matthew 5:9

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Ephesians 4:17

Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds;

Ephesians 4:25

So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”