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Balances » False balance used
He is a merchant, the 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 by deceit?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
It is naught, it is naught, 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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are the LORD'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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Character » Of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Character of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
It is naught, it is naught, 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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto 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 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 will utter lies.
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. read more.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Behold, the LORD'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 will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. read more.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken 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 thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. read more.
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Measures » Just weights
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are the LORD'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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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 is also vanity.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
I am the LORD your God, which 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 go upright. But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: read more.
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your 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 the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. read more.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are the LORD'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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
It is naught, it is naught, 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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Violence » Who is violent
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Behold, the LORD'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 will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. read more.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice' 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, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice' 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 abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are the LORD'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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken 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 abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are the LORD'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, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Weights » Must be just
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which 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 thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Weights » The jews » Frequently used unjust
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.