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Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are of his making.
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Proverbs 20:23
The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.
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Deuteronomy 25:13-16
Do not have two differing weights in your bag— one heavy, one light.Do not have two differing measures in your house— one large, one small.You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
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Leviticus 19:35-36
“‘ Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
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Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights and differing measures— the Lord detests them both.
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Ezekiel 45:10-12
You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.The ephah and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both.The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.
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Amos 8:5-6
saying,“ When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.
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Micah 6:10-11
Am I still to forget your ill- gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed?Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
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Hosea 12:7
The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.