Zechariah 8:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

Let

Love

Zechariah 5:3

Jeremiah 4:2

Malachi 3:5

Things

Bible References

Let

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.

Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,
for he trusts you and lives near you.

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?

Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Love

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land, for every thief will be removed according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be removed according to what is written on the other side.

then you can swear, “As the Lord lives,”
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then the nations will be blessed by Him
and will pride themselves in Him.

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Things

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;
You hate all evildoers.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

The Lord hates six things;
in fact, seven are detestable to Him:

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate.

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous?
Why are You silent
while one who is wicked swallows up
one who is more righteous than himself?