Zechariah 7:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:7

And David said to him: "Do not be afraid. For I will certainly show mercy to you because of your father Jonathan. And I will restore to you all the fields of your father Saul. And you shall eat bread at my table always."

Job 31:20

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

Job 6:14

He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 21:3

To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Judge with judgment from early morning, and rescue anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. Otherwise, my indignation may go forth like a fire, and may flare up, and there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the evil of your intentions.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 7:23

But on this matter I did instruct them, saying: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. And walk in the entire way that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.

Jeremiah 7:5

For if you direct your ways and your intentions well, if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor,

Ezekiel 18:8

if he has not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase, if he has averted his hand from iniquity, and has executed true judgment between man and man,

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says the Lord God: Let this be sufficient for you, O princes of Israel! Cease from iniquity and robberies, and execute judgment and justice. Separate your confines from my people, says the Lord God.

Hosea 12:7

Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall not do what is unjust, nor shall you judge unjustly. You shall not consider the reputation of the poor, nor shall you honor the countenance of the powerful. Judge your neighbor justly.

Amos 5:24

And judgment will be revealed like water, and justice like a mighty torrent.

Micah 6:8

I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.

Zechariah 7:7

Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem was still inhabited, so that it would prosper, itself and the cities around it, and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains?

Zechariah 7:8

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

Matthew 23:23

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you collect tithes on mint and dill and cumin, but you have abandoned the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, while not omitting the others.

Luke 11:42

But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you ignore judgment and the charity of God. But these things you ought to have done, without omitting the others.

John 7:24

Do not judge according to appearances, but instead judge a just judgment."

John 7:51

"Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?"

Deuteronomy 22:1

"If you see your brother's ox or sheep wander astray, you shall not pass by. Instead, you shall lead them back to your brother.