Zechariah 7:9

God commands true justice, kindness, and compassion toward one another. Genuine devotion shows itself in righteous and merciful treatment of others.

Cross-references · 21

• Mic 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Ps 82:2–4“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
• Prov 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• Jer 7:5For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
• Jas 2:13–17For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Deut 10:18–19He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
• Jer 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
• Luke 11:42Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
• Isa 58:6–10Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
• Zech 7:7Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
• Jer 7:23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
• Hos 10:12–13Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
• Matt 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
• Ezek 45:9For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
• John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
• Lev 19:35–37You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
• Amos 5:24But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
• Zech 8:16–17These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
• Deut 16:18–20You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Lev 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
• Deut 15:7–14If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

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