Micah 6:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 12:7 : 7 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
  • Lev 19:36 : 36 Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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