Saturday, September 3, 2011

LOVE Zechariah 8:16-17

"These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this," declares the LORD.

Speak the truth to each other
Psalm 15:2 The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; . . .
Ephesians 4:25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

render true and sound judgment
Ezekiel 18:8 "He does not lend to them at interest or take a profit from them. He withholds his hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between two parties."

in your courts
Ezekiel 45:9 " 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
Amos 5:15 Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Zechariah 7:9 "This is what the LORD Almighty said: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.' "

do not plot evil against each other
Proverbs 3:29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

do not love to swear falsely
Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Jeremiah 7:9 " 'Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, . . .' "
Zechariah 5:4 "The LORD Almighty declares, 'I will send it (the curse in v. 3) out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.' "

(parentheses are mine)

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