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Summary

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

Divers weights, and divers measures

General references

Bible References

Divers weights, and divers measures

Deuteronomy 25:13
"Don't have different weights in your bag one heavy and one light.

Both

Proverbs 20:23
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not good.
Proverbs 11:1
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.
Leviticus 19:35
"You are not to act unjustly in deciding a case or when measuring weight and quantity.
Deuteronomy 25:13
"Don't have different weights in your bag one heavy and one light.
Amos 8:4
"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,
Micah 6:10
Are there still wicked treasures in the house of the wicked, along with deceitful and abominable measuring standards?

Abomination

Deuteronomy 7:25
Burn the images of their gods in the fire. Desire neither the silver nor the gold that adorns them, nor take them for yourselves, so you won't be ensnared by them, because the gold and silver is detestable to the LORD your God.
Revelation 21:8
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."

General references

Ezekiel 45:10
"You're to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure!

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