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Zechariah 8:16

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:

KJV

Hæc sunt ergo verba quæ facietis : loquimini veritatem unusquisque cum proximo suo : veritatem et judicium pacis judicate in portis vestris.

Vulgate

οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι οὓς ποιήσετε· λαλεῖτε ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ⸆ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ἀλήθειαν καὶ κρίμα εἰρηνικὸν κρίνατε ἐν ταῖς πύλαις ὑμῶν,

LXX

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;

ASV

אֵ֥לֶּה הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּֽעֲשׂ֑וּ דַּבְּר֤וּ אֱמֶת֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת רֵעֵ֔/הוּ אֱמֶת֙ וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֣ט שָׁל֔וֹם שִׁפְט֖וּ בְּ/שַׁעֲרֵי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
י
y
noun · 422×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Proof that God did not appoint the Levitical dispensation for His own sake, or as requiring such service; for He does, in fact, need nothing from men. 1. Moreover, the prophets indicate in the fullest manner that God stood in no need of their slavish obedience, but that it was upon their own account that He enjoined certain observances in the law. And again, that God needed not…
Again he said to me, "Love truth, and let nothing but truth proceed from thy mouth, that the Spirit which God planted in this flesh may be found truthful by all men; and the Lord who dwelleth in thee shall thus be glorified."

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
  • Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
  • Amos 5:24 — But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
  • Deut 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s
  • Deut 11:7 — But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
  • Eph 4:15 — But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
  • Eph 4:17 — This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
  • Ezek 18:8 — He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
  • Ezek 45:9 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Gen 27:24 — And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
  • Hos 4:1 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Isa 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Isa 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even
  • Isa 39:8 — Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
  • Isa 61:8 — For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
  • Job 29:7 — When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
  • Lev 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • Lev 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • Luke 3:8 — Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
  • Matt 5:9 — Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
  • Matt 7:12 — Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Mic 6:12 — For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
  • Prov 12:17 — He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
  • Prov 12:19 — The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
  • Ps 15:2 — He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
  • Ps 15:2 — He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
  • Rev 21:8 — But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst
  • Zech 7:9 — Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
  • Zech 8:19 — 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 chee
  • Zech 8:19 — 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 chee