Zechariah 7:10 · KJV

"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."

King James Version

Passage Context

⁸And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

⁹Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

¹⁰And 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.

¹¹But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

¹²Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

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Devotional Reflection

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Do you want an easy-to-understand message from the Lord today? This is what we get from Zechariah. He reminds us that God wants us to be fair, kind, caring, not biased, and soft-hearted toward people in need. He also wants us to give each other the benefit of the doubt. In other words, He wants us to treat each other the same way Christ did. Why? We can't be right with God and wrong with people at the same time.

Prayer

Please forgive me, loving Father, for getting stuck on hard-to-understand Bible verses and ignoring Your clear instructions on how to live. Please give me a chance this week to live the way You told me to. Please use Your Spirit to remind me of this passage when my heart gets cold or when I don't treat others the way I should. That way, I can live it to Your glory. In Jesus' precious name, I pray. Amen.

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