Zechariah 7:9

Tree of Life Version

“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: ‘Administer true judgment and practice mercy and compassion each to his brother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:7

David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat bread at my table.”

Job 31:20

if his heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

Job 6:14

“A despairing person should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

Proverbs 21:3

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

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus says Adonai: “Render justice by morning, and rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Otherwise My fury will go forth like fire and burn so none can extinguish it, because of their evil deeds.”

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says Adonai: ‘Execute justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the fatherless or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 7:23

but I explicitly commanded them: ‘Obey My voice and I will be your God to you and you will be My people. Walk in all the ways that I command you that it may go well with you.’

Jeremiah 7:5

“No, if you truly mend your ways and your deeds—if you are doing justice between a man and his neighbor,

Ezekiel 18:8

He does not loan with interest or take unjust gain. He keeps his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between people,

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Let it be enough for you, princes of Israel. Get rid of violence and destruction, execute justice and righteousness, take away your oppression from My people”—it is a declaration of Adonai.

Hosea 12:7

So you should return to your God, keep covenant loyalty and justice, and wait for your God continually.

Leviticus 19:15

“You are to do no injustice in judgment. You are not to be partial toward the poor nor show favoritism toward the great, but you are to judge your neighbor with fairness.

Amos 5:24

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

Micah 6:8

He has told you, humanity, what is good, and what Adonai is seeking from you: Only to practice justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Zechariah 7:7

Are not these the words that Adonai proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem with its surrounding cities were inhabited and prosperous, when the Negev and the lowland were inhabited?’”

Zechariah 7:8

Again the word of Adonai came to Zechariah saying,

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, yet you have neglected the weightier matters of Torah—justice and mercy and faithfulness. It is necessary to do these things without neglecting the others.

Luke 11:42

“But woe to you Pharisees, for you tithe mint, rue, and every garden herb, yet bypass justice and the love of God. It is necessary to do these things without neglecting the others.

John 7:24

Do not judge by appearance, but judge righteously.”

John 7:51

“Our Torah doesn’t judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

Deuteronomy 22:1

“You are not to watch your brother’s ox or sheep going astray and ignore them —you must certainly bring them back to your brother.