Zechariah 7:10 “Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor.…”

Zechariah 7:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’

American Standard Version

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

Geneva Bible 1599

And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, and let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.

Darby Translation

and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Young's Literal Translation

And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

Bible in Basic English

Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

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Cross references

“oppress”

Jeremiah 5:28 Deuteronomy 27:19 Psalm 72:4 Isaiah 1:23 James 5:4 Exodus 23:9

Jeremiah 5:28 · BSB

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Deuteronomy 27:19 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Psalm 72:4 · BSB

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Isaiah 1:23 · BSB

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

James 5:4 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Exodus 23:9 · BSB

Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

“imagine”

Psalm 21:11 1 John 3:15 Psalm 140:2 Proverbs 3:29 Proverbs 6:18 Jeremiah 18:18

Psalm 21:11 · BSB

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

1 John 3:15 · BSB

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

Psalm 140:2 · BSB

who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

Proverbs 3:29 · BSB

Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

Proverbs 6:18 · BSB

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his word…

Also

Matthew 23:13 Zechariah 8:17

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Zechariah 8:17 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

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