For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.
Zechariah 8:17 - Tree of Life Version do not let any of you devise evil in your hearts against your neighbor; and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things,”—it is a declaration of Adonai. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And let none of you think or imagine or devise evil or injury in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible Don’t plan evil for each other. Don’t adore swearing falsely, for all of these are things that I hate, says the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And let not anyone think up evil against his friend in your hearts. And do not choose to swear falsely. For all these are things that I hate, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his friend: and love not a false oath: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord. |
For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.
No base thing will I set before my eyes. Twisted behavior I hate— it will not cling to me.
Do not plot evil against your neighbor while he lives trustfully beside you.
who continually plots evil with deceit in his heart stirring up strife.
To fear Adonai is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and a perverse mouth.
O Jerusalem, purify your heart from wickedness, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
You will swear, ‘As Adonai lives!’ in truth, in justice and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in Him and in Him they will glory.”
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them early and often, saying: ‘Oh, do not do this loathsome thing that I hate.’
With eyes too pure to see evil You cannot look at such trouble! Why do You look at the treacherous? Why do You remain silent when a wicked one swallows up those more righteous than him?
Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the outsider or the poor. Furthermore, do not let any of you devise evil against one another in your heart.’
“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
The good man from his good treasury brings forth good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth evil.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and slander.
But I tell you that everyone who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.