Zechariah 7:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

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 31:20

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

Job 6:14

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

Proverbs 21:3

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

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.

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.

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.”

Jeremiah 7:5

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

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.

Hosea 12:7

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

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.

Amos 5:24

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

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?

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?”

Zechariah 7:8

The word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:

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.

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.

John 7:24

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

John 7:51

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

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.