Zechariah 7:9-10

A Call for Justice and Mercy

⁹ "Thus says the Lord of hosts, _c Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, ¹⁰ _d do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, _e or the poor, and _f let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 1:17
   Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
   Jeremiah 21:12
   O house of David! Thus says the Lord : "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.'
   Micah 6:8
   He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
   Matthew 23:23
   Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 1:23
   Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
   Jeremiah 5:28
   They have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
   Exodus 22:21 - 22
   You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 22:22
   Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
   
4. Cross References
   Zechariah 8:17
   Do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.