Proverbs 11:1
New Living Translation
11 The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales,
but he delights in accurate weights.
Proverbs 20:23
New Living Translation
23 The Lord detests double standards;
he is not pleased by dishonest scales.
Proverbs 16:11
New Living Translation
11 The Lord demands accurate scales and balances;
he sets the standards for fairness.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
New Living Translation
13 “You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise, 14 and you must use full and honest measures. 15 Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 16 All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 19:35-36
New Living Translation
35 “Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume. 36 Your scales and weights must be accurate. Your containers for measuring dry materials or liquids must be accurate.[a] I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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- 19:36 Hebrew Use an honest ephah [a dry measure] and an honest hin [a liquid measure].
Proverbs 20:10
New Living Translation
10 False weights and unequal measures[a]—
the Lord detests double standards of every kind.
Footnotes
- 20:10 Hebrew A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.
Amos 8:5-6
New Living Translation
5 You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over
and the religious festivals to end
so you can get back to cheating the helpless.
You measure out grain with dishonest measures
and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.[a]
6 And you mix the grain you sell
with chaff swept from the floor.
Then you enslave poor people
for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.
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- 8:5 Hebrew You make the ephah [a unit for measuring grain] small and the shekel [a unit of weight] great, and you deal falsely by using deceitful balances.
Hosea 12:7
New Living Translation
7 But no, the people are like crafty merchants
selling from dishonest scales—
they love to cheat.
Ezekiel 45:10-12
New Living Translation
10 Use only honest weights and scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid.[a] 11 The homer[b] will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath[c] will each measure one-tenth of a homer. 12 The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel.[d] One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.[e]
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Micah 6:10-11
New Living Translation
10 What shall I say about the homes of the wicked
filled with treasures gained by cheating?
What about the disgusting practice
of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?[a]
11 How can I tolerate your merchants
who use dishonest scales and weights?
Footnotes
- 6:10 Hebrew of using the short ephah? The ephah was a unit for measuring grain.
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