Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

General references

Bible References

A false balance is

Proverbs 16:11
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:
Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Amos 8:5
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:
Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?

A just weight

Proverbs 16:11
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

General references

Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.
Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.