Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Balances » False balance used
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit.
Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights?
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights?
A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.
Good for nothing, cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.
Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag.
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
Wealth acquired by lying is fleeting vapor and a deadly pursuit.
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.
Commerce » Evil practices connected with
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
Good for nothing, cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.
I strike my fist at your dishonest gain and your acts of bloodshed.
The king who faithfully judges the poor will have his throne established forever.
Dishonesty » Condemned
A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights?
A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.
Good for nothing, cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.
Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag.
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
Wealth acquired by lying is fleeting vapor and a deadly pursuit.
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.
Measure » Must be just
Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag. Do not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You must have a full and just weight. You should have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you. read more.
Everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
Everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.
Many and different weights are an abomination to Jehovah and a false balance is not good.
Honest scales and balances are from Jehovah. He sets the standard for the weights of the bag.
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid. Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt.
Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short measure that is cursed? Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights? The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people. The people of Ephraim say: We are rich. We have made a fortune. With all this wealth, no one will find us guilty of any sin. I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again as you did during your appointed festivals.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights?
A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.
Good for nothing, cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.
Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag.
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
Wealth acquired by lying is fleeting vapor and a deadly pursuit.
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.