Zechariah 7:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother,

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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 showed you, O man, 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 execute justice 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 him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil doings.’ ”

John 7:51

“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”

Luke 11:42

“But woe to you Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Zechariah 7:7

When Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, with her cities round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited, were not these the words which the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets?”

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.

Ezekiel 45:9

“Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness; 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; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

John 7:24

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

Deuteronomy 22:1

“You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and withhold your help from them; you shall take them back to your brother.

2 Samuel 9:7

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

Job 6:14

“He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel 18:8

does not lend at interest or take any increase, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between man and man,

Zechariah 7:8

And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

Job 31:20

if his loins have not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Hosea 12:7

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