Verse 1

A false{H4820} balance{H3976} is abomination{H8441} to the LORD{H3068}: but a just{H8003} weight{H68} is his delight{H7522}.

Referenced Verses

  • 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}.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Divers weights{H68}{H68}, and divers measures{H374}{H374}, both{H8147} of them are alike{H1571} abomination{H8441} to the LORD{H3068}.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Divers weights{H68}{H68} are an abomination{H8441} unto the LORD{H3068}; and a false{H4820} balance{H3976} is not good{H2896}.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag{H3599} divers weights{H68}{H68}, a great{H1419} and a small{H6996}. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house{H1004} divers measures{H374}{H374}, a great{H1419} and a small{H6996}. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect{H8003} and just{H6664} weight{H68}, a perfect{H8003} and just{H6664} measure{H374} shalt thou have: that thy days{H3117} may be lengthened{H748}{(H8686)} in the land{H127} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee. 16 For all that do{H6213}{(H8802)} such things{H428}, and all that do{H6213}{(H8802)} unrighteously{H5766}, are an abomination{H8441} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}.
  • 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}.
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Ye shall have just{H6664} balances{H3976}, and a just{H6664} ephah{H374}, and a just{H6664} bath{H1324}. 11 The ephah{H374} and the bath{H1324} shall be of one{H259} measure{H8506}, that the bath{H1324} may contain{H5375}{(H8800)} the tenth part{H4643} of an homer{H2563}, and the ephah{H374} the tenth part{H6224} of an homer{H2563}: the measure{H4971} thereof shall be after the homer{H2563}. 12 And the shekel{H8255} shall be twenty{H6242} gerahs{H1626}: twenty{H6242} shekels{H8255}, five{H2568} and twenty{H6242} shekels{H8255}, fifteen{H2568}{H6235} shekels{H8255}, shall be your maneh{H4488}.
  • Hos 12:7 : 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)}.
  • 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 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}?