10 Bible Verses about Balances, Dishonest Use
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity: just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.
And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit: that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.read more.
Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works. Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.read more.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee; I will make thee desolate because of thy sins.
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