Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Balances » False balance used
with dishonest scales in his hands.
so we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price
and cheat with dishonest scales.
or bags of deceptive weights?
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
but an accurate weight is His delight.
with dishonest scales in his hands.
or bags of deceptive weights?
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
is a vanishing mist,
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
Commerce » Evil practices connected with
with dishonest scales in his hands.
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
“Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.
his throne will be established forever.
Dishonesty » Condemned
but an accurate weight is His delight.
with dishonest scales in his hands.
or bags of deceptive weights?
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
is a vanishing mist,
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
Measure » Must be just
"You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You must not have two differing dry measures in your house, a larger and a smaller. You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. read more.
For everyone who does such things and acts unfairly is detestable to the Lord your God.
For everyone who does such things and acts unfairly is detestable to the Lord your God.
but an accurate weight is His delight.
and dishonest scales
all the weights in the bag
both are detestable to the Lord.
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked? Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights? For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands. But Ephraim says: "How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any crime in me that I can be punished for!" I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
but an accurate weight is His delight.
with dishonest scales in his hands.
or bags of deceptive weights?
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
is a vanishing mist,
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,