Zechariah 8:17
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour,.... See Gill on "Zechariah 7:10" hatred without a cause was a governing vice under the second temple, and Jarchi says was the cause of the destruction of it; see John 15:25:
and love no false oath; whereby the character and property of a fellow creature are hurt; nor any vain one, which the Jews were addicted to, Matthew 5:34:
for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD; as being contrary to his nature, and to his law; and is a reason why they should be hated and avoided by men.
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