Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Context
This verse from Zechariah Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. A delegation asks whether to continue the fasts commemorating Jerusalem's fall. God replies with a question: were those fasts really for him? He calls for genuine justice, kindness, and mercy — not oppressing widows, orphans, strangers, and the poor. The …
Other Translations
and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.
Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
Cross References
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, …
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in …
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of …
But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore …
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in …
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.