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Balances » False balance used
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Character » Of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:
Character of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:
Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.
Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.
Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come from him; for neither am I come of myself, but he has sent me. Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:
My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world. And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. read more.
He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he doth not hear. For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness: read more.
none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Measure » Must be just
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small. A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee. read more.
For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity: just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. But I that am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Measures » Just weights
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith. And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you walk upright. But if ye hearken not unto me, and do not all these commandments, and if ye shall despise my statutes, and if your soul shall abhor mine ordinances, so that ye do not all my commandments, that ye break my covenant, read more.
I also will do this unto you I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins, and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze, and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring sevenfold more plagues upon you according to your sins. And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate. And if ye will not be disciplined by me through these, but walk contrary unto me, then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you that avengeth with the vengeance of the covenant, and ye shall be gathered together into your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
I also will do this unto you I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins, and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze, and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring sevenfold more plagues upon you according to your sins. And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate. And if ye will not be disciplined by me through these, but walk contrary unto me, then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you that avengeth with the vengeance of the covenant, and ye shall be gathered together into your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
And thou didst commit fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou didst commit fornication with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. And thou didst multiply thy whoredom with the land of merchants, Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. read more.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee; I will make thee desolate because of thy sins. Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness shall remain in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee; I will make thee desolate because of thy sins. Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness shall remain in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;
Violence » Who is violent
Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies.
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he doth not hear. For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness: read more.
none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;
none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Weights » Must be just
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity: just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small. A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Weights » The jews » Frequently used unjust
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.