Verse 7

He is a merchant{H3667}, the balances{H3976} of deceit{H4820} are in his hand{H3027}: he loveth{H157}{(H8804)} to oppress{H6231}{(H8800)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false{H4820} balance{H3976} is abomination{H8441} to the LORD{H3068}: but a just{H8003} weight{H68} is his delight{H7522}.
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just{H4941} weight{H6425} and balance{H3976} are the LORD'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}{(H8738)}, every one{H376} by another{H376}, and every one{H376} by his neighbour{H7453}: the child{H5288} shall behave himself proudly{H7292}{(H8799)} against the ancient{H2205}, and the base{H7034}{(H8737)} against the honourable{H3513}{(H8737)}.
  • Ezek 16:3 : 3 And say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} unto Jerusalem{H3389}; Thy birth{H4351} and thy nativity{H4138} is of the land{H776} of Canaan{H3669}; thy father{H1} was an Amorite{H567}, and thy mother{H517} an Hittite{H2850}.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression{H6231}{(H8804)}{H6233}, and exercised{H1497}{(H8804)} robbery{H1498}, and have vexed{H3238}{(H8689)} the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}: yea, they have oppressed{H6231}{(H8804)} the stranger{H1616} wrongfully{H4941}.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 That pant{H7602}{(H8802)} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor{H1800}, and turn aside{H5186}{(H8686)} the way{H1870} of the meek{H6035}: and a man{H376} and his father{H1} will go{H3212}{(H8799)} in unto the same maid{H5291}, to profane{H2490}{(H8763)} my holy{H6944} name{H8034}:
  • Amos 3:9 : 9 Publish{H8085}{(H8685)} in the palaces{H759} at Ashdod{H795}, and in the palaces{H759} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and say{H559}{(H8798)}, Assemble{H622}{(H8734)} yourselves upon the mountains{H2022} of Samaria{H8111}, and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} the great{H7227} tumults{H4103} in the midst{H7130} thereof, and the oppressed{H6217} in the midst{H8432} thereof.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} this word{H1697}, ye kine{H6510} of Bashan{H1316}, that are in the mountain{H2022} of Samaria{H8111}, which oppress{H6231}{(H8802)} the poor{H1800}, which crush{H7533}{(H8802)} the needy{H34}, which say{H559}{(H8802)} to their masters{H113}, Bring{H935}{(H8685)}, and let us drink{H8354}{(H8799)}.
  • Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as your treading{H1318}{(H8780)} is upon the poor{H1800}, and ye take{H3947}{(H8799)} from him burdens{H4864} of wheat{H1250}: ye have built{H1129}{(H8804)} houses{H1004} of hewn stone{H1496}, but ye shall not dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in them; ye have planted{H5193}{(H8804)} pleasant{H2531} vineyards{H3754}, but ye shall not drink{H8354}{(H8799)} wine{H3196} of them.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying{H559}{(H8800)}, When will the new moon{H2320} be gone{H5674}{(H8799)}, that we may sell{H7666}{(H8686)} corn{H7668}? and the sabbath{H7676}, that we may set forth{H6605}{(H8799)} wheat{H1250}, making the ephah{H374} small{H6994}{(H8687)}, and the shekel{H8255} great{H1431}{(H8687)}, and falsifying{H5791}{(H8763)} the balances{H3976} by deceit{H4820}? 6 That we may buy{H7069}{(H8800)} the poor{H1800} for silver{H3701}, and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes{H5275}; yea, and sell{H7666}{(H8686)} the refuse{H4651} of the wheat{H1250}?
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that devise{H2803}{(H8802)} iniquity{H205}, and work{H6466}{(H8802)} evil{H7451} upon their beds{H4904}! when the morning{H1242} is light{H216}, they practise{H6213}{(H8799)} it, because it is{H3426} in the power{H410} of their hand{H3027}.
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, I pray you, O heads{H7218} of Jacob{H3290}, and ye princes{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; Is it not for you to know{H3045}{(H8800)} judgment{H4941}? 2 Who hate{H8130}{(H8802)} the good{H2896}, and love{H157}{(H8802)} the evil{H7451}; who pluck off{H1497}{(H8802)} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones{H6106}; 3 Who also eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H7607} of my people{H5971}, and flay{H6584}{(H8689)} their skin{H5785} from off them; and they break{H6476}{(H8765)} their bones{H6106}, and chop them in pieces{H6566}{(H8804)}, as for the pot{H5518}, and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron{H7037}.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there{H786} yet the treasures{H214} of wickedness{H7562}{(H8676)}{H376} in the house{H1004} of the wicked{H7563}, and the scant{H7332} measure{H374} that is abominable{H2194}{(H8803)}? 11 Shall I count them pure{H2135}{(H8799)} with the wicked{H7562} balances{H3976}, and with the bag{H3599} of deceitful{H4820} weights{H68}?
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good{H2623} man is perished{H6}{(H8804)} out of the earth{H776}: and there is none upright{H3477} among men{H120}: they all lie in wait{H693}{(H8799)} for blood{H1818}; they hunt{H6679}{(H8799)} 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 holiness{H6944} unto the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}: and all they that sacrifice{H2076}{(H8802)} shall come{H935}{(H8804)} and take{H3947}{(H8804)} of them, and seethe{H1310}{(H8765)} therein: and in that day{H3117} there shall be no more the Canaanite{H3669} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126}{(H8804)} to you to judgment{H4941}; and I will be a swift{H4116}{(H8764)} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers{H3784}{(H8764)}, and against the adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, and against false{H8267} swearers{H7650}{(H8737)}, and against those that oppress{H6231}{(H8802)} the hireling{H7916} in his wages{H7939}, the widow{H490}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and that turn aside{H5186}{(H8688)} the stranger{H1616} from his right, and fear{H3372}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • John 2:16 : 16 And{G2532} said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto them that sold{G4453}{(G5723)} doves{G4058}, Take{G142}{(G5657)} these things{G5023} hence{G1782}; make{G4160}{(G5720)} not{G3361} my{G3450} Father's{G3962} house{G3624} an house{G3624} of merchandise{G1712}.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But{G1161} they that will{G1014}{(G5740)} be rich{G4147}{(G5721)} fall{G1706}{(G5719)} into{G1519} temptation{G3986} and{G2532} a snare{G3803}, and{G2532} into many{G4183} foolish{G453} and{G2532} hurtful{G983} lusts{G1939}, which{G3748} drown{G1036}{(G5719)} men{G444} in{G1519} destruction{G3639} and{G2532} perdition{G684}. 10 For{G1063} the love of money{G5365} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the root{G4491} of all{G3956} evil{G2556}: which{G3739} while some{G5100} coveted after{G3713}{(G5734)}, they have erred{G635}{(G5681)} from{G575} the faith{G4102}, and{G2532} pierced{G4044} themselves{G1438} through{G4044}{(G5656)} with many{G4183} sorrows{G3601}.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, the hire{G3408} of the labourers{G2040} who{G3588} have reaped down{G270}{(G5660)} your{G5216} fields{G5561}, which{G3588} is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud{G650}{(G5772)}, crieth{G2896}{(G5719)}: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them which have reaped{G2325}{(G5660)} are entered{G1525}{(G5754)} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of sabaoth{G4519}.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} no unrighteousness{H5766} in judgment{H4941}, in meteyard{H4060}, in weight{H4948}, or in measure{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 the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, which brought you out{H3318}{(H8689)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Behold, here I am: witness{H6030}{(H8798)} against me before the LORD{H3068}, and before his anointed{H4899}: whose ox{H7794} have I taken{H3947}{(H8804)}? or whose ass{H2543} have I taken{H3947}{(H8804)}? or whom have I defrauded{H6231}{(H8804)}? whom have I oppressed{H7533}{(H8804)}? or of whose hand{H3027} have I received any bribe{H3724} to blind{H5956}{(H8686)} mine eyes{H5869} therewith? and I will restore{H7725}{(H8686)} it you.