Zechariah 7:10

Disobedience And Fasting

⁹ "Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, 'Execute true judgment, and show mercy and loving-kindness, every man to his brother. ¹⁰ Do the widow, the fatherless, the stranger, and poor no wrong: and let no man imagine evil against his brother in his heart." ¹¹ Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Devise Evil

Let There Be

Oppress the Poor

Oppress the Stranger

Plan Evil

No

Psalm 21:11

For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

Psalm 72:4

He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

Jeremiah 5:28

hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity.

Exodus 22:21-24

Vex not a stranger, neither oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:9

Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for I know the heart of a stranger, because ye were strangers in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:14-18

Thou shalt not defraud a hired servant that is needy and poor, whether he be of thy brethren or a stranger that is in thy land within thy cities.

Deuteronomy 27:19

"'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Psalm 36:4

He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

Psalm 140:2

which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.

Proverbs 3:29

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that goeth about with wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to do mischief,

Proverbs 22:22-23

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Proverbs 23:10-11

Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless.

Isaiah 1:16-17

Thus saith the LORD God: Wash and be clean; put away the wickedness of your imaginations out of my sight. Cease to do evil and learn to do well.

Jeremiah 11:19-20

But I, as a meek lamb, was carried away to be slain: not knowing, that they had devised such a counsel against me saying, "We will destroy his meat with wood, and drive him out of the land of the living: that his name shall never be thought upon."

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, "Come, let us imagine something against this Jeremiah." Yea, this did even the priests, to whom the law was committed: the Senators, that were the wisest: and the prophets, which wanted not the word of God. "Come," said they, "let us cut out his tongue, and let us not regard his words."

Jeremiah 22:15-17

Thinkest thou to reign, now that thou provokest me to wrath with thy Cedar trees? Did not thy father eat and drink, and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equity and righteousness?

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:12

Yea, gifts have been received in thee to shed blood. Thou hast taken usury and increase, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, sayeth the LORD God.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people in the land useth wicked extortion and robbery. They vex the poor and needy and oppress the stranger against right.

Amos 4:1

O hear this word, ye fat cows, that be upon the hill of Samaria; yea, that do poor men wrong, and oppress the needy; yea, that say to your lords, 'Bring hither, let us drink.'

Amos 5:11-12

Forsomuch then as ye oppress the poor, and rob him of his best sustenance: therefore, where as ye have builded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Marvelous pleasant vineyards shall ye plant; but the wine of them shall ye not drink. And why?

Micah 2:1-3

Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God.

Micah 3:1-4

Hear, O ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye leaders of the house of Israel: Should not ye know, what were lawful and right?

Zephaniah 3:1-3

Woe to the abominable, filthy and cruel city:

Zechariah 8:17

none of you imagine evil in his heart against his neighbour, and love no false oaths: for all these are things that I hate, sayeth the LORD."

Malachi 3:5

I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 23:13

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven before men: ye yourselves go not in, neither suffer ye them that come to enter in.

Mark 7:21-23

For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder,

1 Corinthians 6:10

neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.

James 1:14-15

But every man is tempted, drawn away, and enticed of his own concupiscence.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

1 John 3:15

Whosoever hateth his brother, is a man slayer. And ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.