Verse 7

[He is] a trafficker,{H3667} the balances{H3976} of deceit{H4820} are in his hand:{H3027} he loveth{H157} to oppress.{H6231}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false{H4820} balance{H3976} is an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah;{H3068} But a just{H8003} weight{H68} is his delight.{H7522}
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just{H4941} balance{H3976} and scales{H6425} are Jehovah's;{H3068} All the weights{H68} of the bag{H3599} are his work.{H4639}
  • Isa 3:5 : 5 And the people{H5971} shall be oppressed,{H5065} every one{H376} by another,{H376} and every one{H376} by his neighbor:{H7453} the child{H5288} shall behave himself proudly{H7292} against the old{H2205} man, and the base{H7034} against the honorable.{H3513}
  • Ezek 16:3 : 3 and say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} unto Jerusalem:{H3389} Thy birth{H4351} and thy nativity{H4138} is of the land{H776} of the Canaanite;{H3669} the Amorite{H567} was thy father,{H1} and thy mother{H517} was a Hittite.{H2850}
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression,{H6231} and exercised{H1497} robbery;{H1498} yea, they have vexed{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} and have oppressed{H6231} the sojourner{H1616} wrongfully.{H4941}
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 they that pant{H7602} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor,{H1800} and turn aside{H5186} the way{H1870} of the meek:{H6035} and a man{H376} and his father{H1} go{H3212} unto the [same] maiden,{H5291} to profane{H2490} my holy{H6944} name:{H8034}
  • Amos 3:9 : 9 Publish{H8085} ye in the palaces{H759} at Ashdod,{H795} and in the palaces{H759} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and say,{H559} Assemble{H622} yourselves upon the mountains{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} and behold{H7200} what great{H7227} tumults{H4103} are therein,{H7130} and what oppressions{H6217} in the midst{H7130} thereof.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear{H8085} this word,{H1697} ye kine{H6510} of Bashan,{H1316} that are in the mountain{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} that oppress{H6231} the poor,{H1800} that crush{H7533} the needy,{H34} that say{H559} unto their lords,{H113} Bring,{H935} and let us drink.{H8354}
  • Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as ye trample{H1318} upon the poor,{H1800} and take{H3947} exactions{H4864} from him of wheat:{H1250} ye have built{H1129} houses{H1004} of hewn stone,{H1496} but ye shall not dwell{H3427} in them; ye have planted{H5193} pleasant{H2531} vineyards,{H3754} but ye shall not drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} thereof.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 saying,{H559} When will the new moon{H2320} be gone,{H5674} that we may sell{H7666} grain?{H7668} and the sabbath,{H7676} that we may set forth{H6605} wheat,{H1250} making the ephah{H374} small,{H6994} and the shekel{H8255} great,{H1431} and dealing falsely{H5791} with balances{H3976} of deceit;{H4820} 6 that we may buy{H7069} the poor{H1800} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes,{H5275} and sell{H7666} the refuse{H4651} of the wheat?{H1250}
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that devise{H2803} iniquity{H205} and work{H6466} evil{H7451} upon their beds!{H4904} when the morning{H1242} is light,{H216} they practise{H6213} it, because it is{H3426} in the power{H410} of their hand.{H3027}
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said,{H559} Hear,{H8085} I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} is it not for you to know{H3045} justice?{H4941} 2 ye who hate{H8130} the good,{H2896} and love{H157} the evil;{H7451} who pluck off{H1497} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones;{H6106} 3 who also eat{H398} the flesh{H7607} of my people,{H5971} and flay{H6584} their skin{H5785} from off them, and break{H6476} their bones,{H6106} and chop them in pieces,{H6566} as for the pot,{H5518} and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron.{H7037}
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there{H786} yet treasures{H214} of wickedness{H7562} in the house{H1004} of the wicked,{H7563} and a scant{H7332} measure{H374} that is abominable?{H2194} 11 Shall I be pure{H2135} with wicked{H7562} balances,{H3976} and with a bag{H3599} of deceitful{H4820} weights?{H68}
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly{H2623} man is perished{H6} out of the earth,{H776} and there is none upright{H3477} among men:{H120} they all lie in wait{H693} for blood;{H1818} they hunt{H6679} every man{H376} his brother{H251} with a net.{H2764}
  • Zech 14:21 : 21 Yea, every pot{H5518} in Jerusalem{H3389} and in Judah{H3063} shall be holy{H6944} unto Jehovah{H3068} of hosts;{H6635} and all they that sacrifice{H2076} shall come{H935} and take{H3947} of them, and boil{H1310} therein: and in that day{H3117} there shall be no more a Canaanite{H3669} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the false{H8267} swearers,{H7650} and against those that oppress{H6231} the hireling{H7916} in his wages,{H7939} the widow,{H490} and the fatherless,{H3490} and that turn aside{H5186} the sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • John 2:16 : 16 and{G2532} to them that sold{G4453} the doves{G4058} he said,{G2036} Take{G142} these things{G5023} hence;{G1782} make{G4160} not{G3361} my{G3450} Father's{G3962} house{G3624} a house{G3624} of merchandise.{G1712}
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But{G1161} they that are minded{G1014} to be rich{G4147} fall{G1706} into{G1519} a temptation{G3986} and{G2532} a snare{G3803} and{G2532} many{G4183} foolish{G453} and{G2532} hurtful{G983} lusts,{G1939} such as{G3748} drown{G1036} men{G444} in{G1519} destruction{G3639} and{G2532} perdition.{G684} 10 For{G1063} the love of money{G5365} is{G2076} a root{G4491} of all{G3956} kinds of evil:{G2556} which{G3739} {G3713} some{G5100} reaching after{G3713} have been led astray{G635} from{G575} the faith,{G4102} and{G2532} have pierced{G4044} themselves{G1438} through{G4044} with many{G4183} sorrows.{G3601}
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519}
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do{H6213} no unrighteousness{H5766} in judgment,{H4941} in measures{H4884} of length, of weight,{H4948} or of quantity.{H4884} 36 Just{H6664} balances,{H3976} just{H6664} weights,{H68} a just{H6664} ephah,{H374} and a just{H6664} hin,{H1969} shall ye have: I am Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} who brought you out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: witness{H6030} against me before Jehovah,{H3068} and before his anointed:{H4899} whose ox{H7794} have I taken?{H3947} or whose ass{H2543} have I taken?{H3947} or whom have I defrauded?{H6231} whom have I oppressed?{H7533} or of whose hand{H3027} have I taken a ransom{H3724} to blind{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} therewith? and I will restore{H7725} it you.