Leviticus 19:35

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You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 25:13 : 13 You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
  • Deut 25:15 : 15 You 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 : 1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.
  • Ezek 22:12-13 : 12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD. 13 “‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 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!”
  • Mic 6:1 : 1 The Lord Demands Justice, not Ritual Listen to what the LORD says:“Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!”
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 19:36-37
    2 verses
    85%

    36You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

    37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:9-16
    8 verses
    84%

    9Leaving the Gleanings“‘When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest.

    10You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

    11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    13You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

    14You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

    16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

    16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath).

    11The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure.

  • Prov 20:10
    78%

    10Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.

  • Lev 25:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

    18You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land.

  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

    19You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

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

  • Prov 20:23
    76%

    23The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Prov 11:1
    75%

    1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

  • Lev 25:14
    74%

    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • Deut 19:14
    74%

    14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Deut 1:17
    73%

    17They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

  • Matt 7:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

    2For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

  • Prov 16:11
    73%

    11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

  • Lev 18:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.

    4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

    19You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.

  • Zech 8:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

    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.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

  • Lev 19:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

    34The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  • Mic 6:11
    72%

    11I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.

    6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

  • Lev 18:26
    71%

    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,

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    71%

    6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

  • Deut 4:2
    70%

    2Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am delivering to you.

  • Lev 18:30
    70%

    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.’”