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 thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, 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 devices 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 smite 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 practise 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 hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

General references

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.