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.
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They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; …
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: …
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)What was said Zech. 7:7; that they should have heard the words of the former prophets , is here enlarged upon, for warning to these hypocritical enquirers, who continued their sins when they asked with great preciseness whether they should continue their fasts. This prophet had before put them in mind of their fathers’ disobedience to the calls of the prophets, and what was the consequence of it (…
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