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.

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General references

Exodus 22:22

Bible References

Imagine

Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.

who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.

Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more."

Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

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

General references

You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.