Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

The wicked

The bag

Bible References

The wicked

Hosea 12:7
"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.

The bag

Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.

General references

Exodus 20:15
"You are not to steal.
Leviticus 25:14
So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.
Ezekiel 45:10
"You're to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure!

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