# Zechariah 8:17

> do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

— Zechariah 8:17, 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

- Proverbs 6:16-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/16
- Psalms 5:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/5/5
- Psalms 10:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/10/3
- Proverbs 3:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/3/29
- Jeremiah 4:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/4/14
- Jeremiah 44:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/44/4
- Micah 2:1-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/2/1
- Habakkuk 1:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/habakkuk/1/13

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).