Zechariah 8:16

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Zechariah 8:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

15 “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

16 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

17 do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

18 Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

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Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 10:13

and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

Deuteronomy 11:7

For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.

Deuteronomy 11:8

You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Luke 3:8

Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

Luke 3:9

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Luke 3:10

The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

Luke 3:11

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

Luke 3:12

Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

Luke 3:13

“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.

Luke 3:14

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

Ephesians 4:17

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

1 Peter 1:15

But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

1 Peter 1:16

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Zechariah 8:19

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

Leviticus 19:11

You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

Psalms 15:2

He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

Proverbs 12:17

He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Jeremiah 9:3

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Hosea 4:2

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Micah 6:12

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 11:3

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Isaiah 11:5

Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

Isaiah 11:6

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

Isaiah 11:7

The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 11:8

The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

Isaiah 11:9

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.