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Zechariah 8:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: 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. "

Zechariah 8:17

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15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear

16 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:

17 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.

18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,

19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

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Psalms 10:3

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"For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth."

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Jeremiah 44:4

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"Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate."

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Proverbs 3:29

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"Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely"

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From This Chapter

Zechariah 8:1

"Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,"

Zechariah 8:2

"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury."

Zechariah 8:3

"Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain."

Zechariah 8:4

"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age."

Zechariah 8:5

"And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets"

Zechariah 8:6

"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts."
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