Zechariah 7:10

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Summary

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Imagine

General references

Exodus 22:22

Bible References

Imagine

Though they intend to harm you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.

Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,
for he trusts you and lives near you.

a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet eager to run to evil,

for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter.
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;
let’s cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”

Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

General references

“You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.