Zechariah 8:16 “These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render t…”

Zechariah 8:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

World English Bible

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

American Standard Version

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

Geneva Bible 1599

These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truely and vprightly in your gates,

Darby Translation

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

Young's Literal Translation

These [are] the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,

Bible in Basic English

These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

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Cross references

“are”

Luke 3:8–14 Micah 6:8 Ephesians 4:17 1 Peter 1:13–16 Deuteronomy 10:12 Deuteronomy 10:13

Luke 3:8–14 · BSB

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.

Micah 6:8 · BSB

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?

Ephesians 4:17 · BSB

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 1:13–16 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 10:12 · BSB

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 · BSB

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

“Speak”

Ephesians 4:25 Zechariah 7:9 Psalm 15:2 Zechariah 8:19 Proverbs 12:17 Proverbs 12:19

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

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

Zechariah 7:9 · BSB

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

Psalm 15:2 · BSB

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

Zechariah 8:19 · BSB

“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 tr…

Proverbs 12:17 · BSB

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

Proverbs 12:19 · BSB

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

“execute the judgment of truth and peace”

Isaiah 9:7 Matthew 5:9 Amos 5:15 Amos 5:24 Isaiah 11:3–9

Isaiah 9:7 · BSB

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…

Matthew 5:9 · BSB

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

Amos 5:15 · BSB

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 · BSB

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

Isaiah 11:3–9 · BSB

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,

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

In context

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

17do 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.

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