Verse 1
A false{H4820} balance{H3976} is an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah;{H3068} But a just{H8003} weight{H68} is his delight.{H7522}
Referenced Verses
- 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}
- Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights,{H68} and diverse measures,{H374} Both{H8147} of them alike{H1571} are an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah.{H3068}
- Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights{H68} are an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah;{H3068} And a false{H4820} balance{H3976} is not good.{H2896}
- Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag{H3599} diverse weights,{H68} a great{H1419} and a small.{H6996} 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house{H1004} diverse measures,{H374} a great{H1419} and a small.{H6996} 15 A perfect{H8003} and just{H6664} weight{H68} shalt thou have; a perfect{H8003} and just{H6664} measure{H374} shalt thou have: that thy days{H3117} may be long{H748} in the land{H127} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee. 16 For all that do{H6213} such things,{H428} [even] all that do{H6213} unrighteously,{H5766} are an abomination{H8441} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}
- 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}
- Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Ye shall have just{H6664} balances,{H3976} and a just{H6664} ephah,{H374} and a just{H6664} bath.{H1324} 11 The ephah{H374} and the bath{H1324} shall be of one{H259} measure,{H8506} that the bath{H1324} may contain{H5375} the tenth part{H4643} of a homer,{H2563} and the ephah{H374} the tenth part{H6224} of a homer:{H2563} the measure{H4971} thereof shall be after the homer.{H2563} 12 And the shekel{H8255} shall be twenty{H6242} gerahs;{H1626} twenty{H6242} shekels,{H8255} five{H2568} and twenty{H6242} shekels,{H8255} fifteen{H2568} shekels,{H8255} shall be your maneh.{H4488}
- Hos 12:7 : 7 [He is] a trafficker,{H3667} the balances{H3976} of deceit{H4820} are in his hand:{H3027} he loveth{H157} to oppress.{H6231}
- 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 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}