Zechariah 8:16

Truth and honesty Justice Peace Integrity

¹⁴ For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

¹⁵ “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

¹⁷ do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

¹⁸ Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
KJV: These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
WEB: These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
ASV: These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
DARBY: These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;
BLB: These [are] the things that you⁺ will do: Speak the truth, every man with his neighbor; [in] truth and judgment of peace render judgment in your⁺ gates;

ÅB: Dette er det dere skal gjøre: Tal sannhet med hverandre, døm på tinge rettferdige dommer og dommer som skaper fred,
OTB: Dette er de tingene dere skal gjøre: tal sannhet til hverandre, og gi sann og rett dom i deres porter;
B1930: Dette er det I skal gjøre: Tal sannhet med hverandre, døm på tinge rettferdige dommer og dommer som skaper fred,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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Zechariah 7:9
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
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Psalms 15:2
He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
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Luke 3:8–14
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
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Deuteronomy 10:12–13
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Zechariah 8:19
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
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Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
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Proverbs 12:17
He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
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