Micah 6:11
Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
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Referenced Verses
- Hos 12:7 : 7 He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.
- Lev 19:36 : 36 You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.
- Prov 16:11 : 11 A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.
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9 Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?
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13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,
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4 Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,
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11 Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.
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2 Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.
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35 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.
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10 Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.
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2 If any sinne and commit a trespasse against the Lorde, and denie vnto his neighbour that, which was take him to keepe, or that which was put to him of trust, or doth by robberie, or by violence oppresse his neighbour,
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20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
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8 Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.