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

For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous act, which they are not able to perform.

He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.

Who imagine evil in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil,

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised plots against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise plots against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

General references

You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.