Zechariah 7:9

Disobedience And Fasting

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah saying, ⁹ “Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; ¹⁰ and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

Have Mercy

Lord Almighty

Lord of Hosts

Says the Lord

Show Kindness

Show Mercy

Thus Says the Lord

Show Steadfast Love

Steadfast Love

Jehovah

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus says the Lord:
“Administer justice every morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor,
That My wrath may not go forth like fire
And burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.

Ezekiel 45:9

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people,” declares the Lord God.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Leviticus 19:15

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Leviticus 19:35-37

‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity.

Deuteronomy 10:18-19

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 15:7-14

“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Psalm 82:2-4

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.

Isaiah 58:6-10

“Is this not the fast which I choose,
To loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to let the oppressed go free
And break every yoke?

Jeremiah 7:5

For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

Jeremiah 7:23

But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’

Hosea 10:12-13

Sow with a view to righteousness,
Reap in accordance with kindness;
Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord
Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.

Amos 5:24

“But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Zechariah 7:7

Are not these the words which the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

Zechariah 8:16-17

These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.

Luke 11:42

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

John 7:51

“Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”

James 2:13-17

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.