Deuteronomy 25:16

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For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
  • Deut 18:12 : 12 Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.
  • Deut 22:5 : 5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the LORD your God.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
  • Amos 8:5-7 : 5 You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! 6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!” 7 The LORD confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob:“I swear I will never forget all you have done!
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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    12Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.

    13You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

  • Prov 20:10
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    10Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.

  • Lev 18:26-27
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    26You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,

    27for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Deut 17:1-2
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    1You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.

    2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

  • Prov 20:23
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    23The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

  • Deut 25:13-15
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    13You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.

    14You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one.

    15You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Lev 18:29-30
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    29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

    30You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”

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    3You must not eat any forbidden thing.

  • Deut 7:25-26
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    25You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

    26You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.

  • Prov 16:11-12
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    11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

    12Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Prov 6:16
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    16There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:

  • Deut 20:18
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    18so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.

  • Deut 22:5
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    5A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 16:20
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    20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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    9Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

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  • Deut 17:4
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    4When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

  • Deut 13:14
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    14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

  • Deut 12:31
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    31You must not worship the LORD your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

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    11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • Lev 18:22
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    22You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman; it is a detestable act.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

  • Lev 20:23
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    23You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.

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    10“I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.

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    26The LORD abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

  • Ezek 22:11
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    11One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.

  • Deut 12:25
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    25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.

  • Ezek 18:12
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    12oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,

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    58You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the LORD.

  • Prov 3:32
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    32for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
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    26He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.)

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    22The LORD abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

  • Deut 13:18
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    18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

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    4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!