10 Bible Verses about Balances, Dishonest Use

Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, - in measures of extent, in weights in measures of capacity: Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin, shall ye have, - I - Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.

Balances of righteousness, and an ephah of righteousness, and A bath of righteousness, have ye:

Divers weights, and divers measures, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.

The balance and scales of justice, belong to Yahweh, and, his handiwork, are all the weights of the bag.

An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.

Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return, - lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually. A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.

Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land: Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights: Who buy - for silver - the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes, - and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.read more.
Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob, - Surely I will never forget any of their doings! Is it not, for this, that the land, shall tremble? and shall mourn every inhabitant therein? Shall it not come up - like the Nile, all of it, and be tossed and subside like the river of Egypt?

Even yet, are there, in the house of the lawless one, the treasures of lawlessness, - and the scant measure - accurst? Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights? For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood, - and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.read more.
Moreover also, I, have made thee sick with smiting thee, - laying thee waste because of thy sins.