Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
A false balance is
A just weight
General references
Bible References
A false balance is
Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from Jehovah. He sets the standard for the weights of the bag.
Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:35
Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.
Deuteronomy 25:13
Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag.
Hosea 12:7
Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
Amos 8:5
You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit.
Micah 6:10
Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short measure that is cursed?
A just weight
Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from Jehovah. He sets the standard for the weights of the bag.
Ezekiel 45:10
You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures.
General references
Exodus 20:15
Do not steal.
Ezekiel 45:10
You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures.