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Zechariah 8:16

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

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ASV

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

KJV

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:

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428 →
הַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.Rim[are] the thingsH1697 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
תַּֽעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou will doH6213 →
דַּבְּר֤וּda.be.RuspeakH1696 →
אֱמֶת֙'e.MettruthH571 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
רֵעֵ֔הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453 →
אֱמֶת֙'e.MetfaithfulnessH571 →
וּמִשְׁפַּ֣טu.mish.Patand justice ofH4941 →
שָׁל֔וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965 →
שִׁפְט֖וּshif.TujudgeH8199 →
בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶֽם׃be.sha.'a.rei.Khemin gates yourH8179 →

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Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.Zechariah 7:9“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.Psalms 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,Ezekiel 45:9For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’Luke 3:8–14Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.Deuteronomy 10:12–13And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,Ezekiel 18:8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.Proverbs 12:17He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.Zechariah 8:19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,Amos 5:24But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

About Zechariah

Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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