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Zechariah 8:16

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14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:

15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

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:

17 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.

18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,

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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,

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 4:25

    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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  • Zechariah 7:9

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

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  • Psalms 15:2

    He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

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  • Luke 3:8–14

    Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:12–13

    And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

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  • Zechariah 8:19

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

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  • Isaiah 9:7

    Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

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  • Proverbs 12:17

    He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

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