Deuteronomy 25:13
“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].
Proverbs 11:1
But an accurate scale is His delight.
Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
Amos 8:5
saying,
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
Leviticus 19:35-37
‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.
Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures,
Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
Ezekiel 45:10-11
“You shall have just balances and weights [on your scales and just measures], a just ephah [dry volume measure] and a just bath [liquid measure].
Micah 6:11-12
“Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales
And a bag of dishonest weights?
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In thy bag
But an accurate scale is His delight.
A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures,
Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
“Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales
And a bag of dishonest weights?