9 Bible Verses about Dishonesty Condemned

Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner weights, a great and a small:

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a true weight pleaseth him.

To use two manner of weights, or two manner of measures, both these are abominable unto the LORD.

"It is naught; It is naught," sayeth he that buyeth anything: but when he cometh to his own house, then he boasteth of his pennyworth.

Whoso hordeth up riches with the deceitfulness of his tongue: he is a fool, and like unto them that seek their own death.

The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.

Woe worth him, that buildeth his house with unrighteousness, and his parlors with the good that he hath gotten by violence: which never recompenceth his neighbour's labour, nor payeth him his hire.

But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion.

Or should I justify the false balances and the bag of deceitful weights,