Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Divers weights, and divers measures
Both
Abomination
General references
Bible References
Divers weights, and divers measures
Deuteronomy 25:13
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
Both
Proverbs 20:23
The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
Proverbs 11:1
The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
Leviticus 19:35
You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.
Deuteronomy 25:13
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
Micah 6:10
"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
Abomination
Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."
General references
Ezekiel 45:10
You must use just balances, a just dry measure (an ephah), and a just liquid measure (a bath).