Zechariah 7:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Saying

Execute true judgment

Jeremiah 21:12

General references

Proverbs 31:9

Bible References

Saying

Are not these the words which the Lord

proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and

prosperous along with its cities around it, and the

Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked?

Selah.

To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.

“Is this not the fast which I choose,
To loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to let the oppressed go free
And break every yoke?

For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people,” declares the Lord God.

Sow with a view to righteousness,

Reap in accordance with kindness;

Break up your fallow ground,

For it is time to seek the Lord
Until He comes to

rain righteousness on you.

“But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk

humbly with your God?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

Execute true judgment

O house of David, thus says the Lord:
“Administer justice every morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor,

That My wrath may not go forth like fire

And burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.

General references

Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.