# Zechariah 8:16

> These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

— Zechariah 8:16, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 520-518 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Zechariah 1:1 dates itself by the eighth month of the second year of Darius.

## Who ruled

- **Darius I**, king of Persia, 522-486 BC · Source: Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III

## See also

- Ephesians 4:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/4/25
- Zechariah 7:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/9
- Psalms 15:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/15/2
- Deuteronomy 10:12-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/10/12
- Luke 3:8-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3/8
- Proverbs 12:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/12/17
- Proverbs 12:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/12/19
- Isaiah 9:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/9/7

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).