Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Balances » False balance used
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.
Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Woe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.
Commerce » Evil practices connected with
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.
a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.
Dishonesty » Condemned
Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Woe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.
Measure » Must be just
'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small. Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; read more.
for the abomination of Jehovah thy God is any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
for the abomination of Jehovah thy God is any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.
An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.
A just beam and balances are Jehovah's, His work are all the stones of the bag.
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
'Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
Are there yet in the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah? Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones? Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved. And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that is sin.' And I -- Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Woe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.