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Balances » False balance used
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
saying, When will the new moon be gone so that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and perverting the balances by deceit;
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.
It is bad! Bad, says the buyer; but when it is left to him, then he boasts.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness and his upper rooms without justice; his neighbor serves without pay, and he does not give him for his work;
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
You shall have a just balance, a just ephah and a just bath.
Character » Of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.
Character of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.
Dishonesty » Condemned
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.
It is bad! Bad, says the buyer; but when it is left to him, then he boasts.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness and his upper rooms without justice; his neighbor serves without pay, and he does not give him for his work;
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
And this is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His Words, lest He reprove you and you be found a liar.
A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will speak lies.
Jesus said to them, If God were your father, you would love Me, for I went forth and came from God; for I did not come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not know My speech? Because you cannot hear My Word. You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He is the propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning the sins of all the world. And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. read more.
He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if he does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened so that it cannot save, nor is His ear heavy so that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have come between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, from hearing. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. read more.
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful? Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights? For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Measure » Must be just
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a great ephah and a small. You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure you shall have, so that your days may be lengthened in the land which Jehovah your God gives you. read more.
For all that do such things, all that do unrighteousness, are hateful to Jehovah your God.
For all that do such things, all that do unrighteousness, are hateful to Jehovah your God.
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
Different kinds of weights are hateful to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.
A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures and weights, or in quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful? Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights? For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found much wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin. And I Jehovah, who have been your God from the land of Egypt, will yet make you to dwell in tents as in the days of the appointed feast.
Measures » Just weights
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
You shall have a just balance, a just ephah and a just bath.
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.
Behold, the soul of him is lifted up, and is not upright; but the just shall live by his faith. And also wine indeed betrays a proud man, and he is not content. He widens his soul like Sheol, and he is like death, and is not satisfied, but gathers all nations to himself, and heaps to himself all the peoples.
The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from being their bondmen. And I have broken the bonds of your yoke, and made you go upright. But if you will not listen to Me, and will not do all these commandments, and if you shall despise My statutes, or if your soul hates My judgments, so that you will not do all My commandments, so that you break My covenant; read more.
I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set My face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies. They that hate you shall reign over you. And you shall flee when none pursues you. And if you will not yet listen to Me for all this, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heaven like iron and your earth like bronze. And your strength shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the field yield their fruits. And if you walk contrary to Me, and will not listen to Me, I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, who shall bereave you. And I will destroy your cattle, and make you few. And your highways shall be deserted. And if you will not be reformed by Me by these things, but will still walk contrary to Me, then I will walk contrary to you and will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will bring a sword on you that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant. And when you are gathered inside your cities, I will send the plague among you. And you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. When I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight. And you shall eat and not be satisfied.
I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set My face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies. They that hate you shall reign over you. And you shall flee when none pursues you. And if you will not yet listen to Me for all this, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heaven like iron and your earth like bronze. And your strength shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the field yield their fruits. And if you walk contrary to Me, and will not listen to Me, I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, who shall bereave you. And I will destroy your cattle, and make you few. And your highways shall be deserted. And if you will not be reformed by Me by these things, but will still walk contrary to Me, then I will walk contrary to you and will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will bring a sword on you that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant. And when you are gathered inside your cities, I will send the plague among you. And you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. When I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight. And you shall eat and not be satisfied.
You have whored with the Assyrians, without your being satisfied; yea, you whored and yet you were not satisfied. And your whoredom is idolatry in the land of Canaan, to the Chaldean, and yet you were not satisfied with this.
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful? Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights? For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. read more.
Therefore I also have made you sick by striking you, laying you waste because of your sins. You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your casting down shall be in your midst. And you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and that which you deliver I will give up to the sword.
Therefore I also have made you sick by striking you, laying you waste because of your sins. You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your casting down shall be in your midst. And you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and that which you deliver I will give up to the sword.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
You shall have a just balance, a just ephah and a just bath.
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.
It is bad! Bad, says the buyer; but when it is left to him, then he boasts.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness and his upper rooms without justice; his neighbor serves without pay, and he does not give him for his work;
Violence » Who is violent
Blessings are on the head of the just; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful? Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights? For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; and bloody men, depart from me. Who will speak against You maliciously? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity.
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened so that it cannot save, nor is His ear heavy so that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have come between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, from hearing. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. read more.
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity. They hatch adders' eggs and weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper. Their webs shall not become clothing, nor shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and ruin are in their paths.
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity. They hatch adders' eggs and weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper. Their webs shall not become clothing, nor shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and ruin are in their paths.
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
You shall have a just balance, a just ephah and a just bath.
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
A little to the righteous is better than the riches of many wicked.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death.
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful? Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights? For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
You shall have a just balance, a just ephah and a just bath.
Weights » Must be just
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
Different kinds of weights are hateful to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.
A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures and weights, or in quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a great ephah and a small. You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure you shall have, so that your days may be lengthened in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful? Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
Weights » The jews » Frequently used unjust
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
A little to the righteous is better than the riches of many wicked.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death.
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful? Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights? For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.