Zechariah 7:10 Cross References
Zechariah 7:10
10: Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other.
Jeremiah 5:28
- They are well fed and well groomed, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor.
Isaiah 1:23
- Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows.
Psalms 21:11
- Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed.
Psalms 72:4
- Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors.
Ezekiel 22:29
- Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.
James 5:4
- For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
Zephaniah 3:1
- How terrible it will be for rebellious, polluted Jerusalem, the city of violence and crime.
- It proudly refuses to listen even to the voice of the LORD. No one can tell it anything; it refuses all correction. It does not trust in the LORD or draw near to its God.
- Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims--out for everything they can get. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.
Mark 7:21
- For from within, out of a person's heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, eagerness for lustful pleasure, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
- All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you and make you unacceptable to God."
Micah 3:1
- Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,
- but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
- You eat my people's flesh, cut away their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.
- Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to listen? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!
Ezekiel 22:7
- Fathers and mothers are contemptuously ignored. Resident foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed.
Jeremiah 11:19
- I had been as unaware as a lamb on the way to its slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! "Let's destroy this man and all his words," they said. "Let's kill him, so his name will be forgotten forever."
- O LORD Almighty, you are just, and you examine the deepest thoughts of hearts and minds. Let me see your vengeance against them, for I have committed my cause to you.
Zechariah 8:17
- Do not make evil plots to harm each other. And stop this habit of swearing to things that are false. I hate all these things, says the LORD."
Proverbs 6:18
- a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,
Deuteronomy 24:14
- "Never take advantage of poor laborers, whether fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns.
- Pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.
- "Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor the children for the sins of their parents. Those worthy of death must be executed for their own crimes.
- "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment in pledge of her debt.
- Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I have given you this command.
Amos 4:1
- Listen to me, you "fat cows" of Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and who are always asking your husbands for another drink!
Micah 2:1
- How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry out any of the wicked schemes you have power to accomplish.
- When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!
- But this is what the LORD says: "I will reward your evil with evil; you won't be able to escape! After I am through with you, none of you will ever again walk proudly in the streets."
Matthew 23:13
- "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you won't let others enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and you won't go in yourselves.
1 Corinthians 6:10
- thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.
Exodus 22:21
- "Do not oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- "Do not exploit widows or orphans.
- If you do and they cry out to me, then I will surely help them.
- My anger will blaze forth against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless.
Malachi 3:5
- At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.
Ezekiel 22:12
- There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere! They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.
Deuteronomy 27:19
- `Cursed is anyone who is unjust to foreigners, orphans, and widows.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
Exodus 23:9
- "Do not oppress the foreigners living among you. You know what it is like to be a foreigner. Remember your own experience in the land of Egypt.
James 1:14
- Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires.
- These evil desires lead to evil actions, and evil actions lead to death.
Proverbs 22:22
- Do not rob the poor because they are poor or exploit the needy in court.
- For the LORD is their defender. He will injure anyone who injures them.
Proverbs 23:10
- Don't steal the land of defenseless orphans by moving the ancient boundary markers,
- for their Redeemer is strong. He himself will bring their charges against you.
Psalms 140:2
- those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long.
Amos 5:11
- You trample the poor and steal what little they have through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, you will never live in the beautiful stone houses you are building. You will never drink wine from the lush vineyards you are planting.
- For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Proverbs 3:29
- Do not plot against your neighbors, for they trust you.
Isaiah 1:16
- Wash yourselves and be clean! Let me no longer see your evil deeds. Give up your wicked ways.
- Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.
Jeremiah 18:18
- Then the people said, "Come on, let's find a way to stop Jeremiah. We have our own priests and wise men and prophets. We don't need him to teach the law and give us advice and prophecies. Let's spread rumors about him and ignore what he says."
Jeremiah 22:15
- "But a beautiful palace does not make a great king! Why did your father, Josiah, reign so long? Because he was just and right in all his dealings. That is why God blessed him.
- He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.
- "But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."
1 John 3:15
- Anyone who hates another Christian is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.
Psalms 36:4
- They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their course of action is never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.