Zechariah 8:17 “do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love…”

Zechariah 8:17

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

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 Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these [are] things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

Bible in Basic English

Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“let”

Proverbs 3:29 Jeremiah 4:14 Micah 2:1–3 Zechariah 7:10 Proverbs 6:14 Matthew 5:28

Proverbs 3:29 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 4:14 · BSB

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Micah 2:1–3 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Zechariah 7:10 · BSB

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

Proverbs 6:14 · BSB

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Matthew 5:28 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

“love”

Malachi 3:5 Jeremiah 4:2 Zechariah 5:3 Zechariah 5:4

Malachi 3:5 · BSB

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their…

Jeremiah 4:2 · BSB

and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

Zechariah 5:3 · BSB

Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.

Zechariah 5:4 · BSB

I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.…

“things”

Proverbs 6:16–19 Psalm 10:3 Jeremiah 44:4 Habakkuk 1:13 Proverbs 8:13 Psalm 5:5

Proverbs 6:16–19 · BSB

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

Psalm 10:3 · BSB

For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

Jeremiah 44:4 · BSB

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

Habakkuk 1:13 · BSB

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Proverbs 8:13 · BSB

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

Psalm 5:5 · BSB

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

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

In context

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

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

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