Proverbs 11:1
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Proverbs 20:23
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Proverbs 16:11
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11 (A)A just balance and scales are the Lord's;
all the weights in the bag are his work.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
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13 “You (A)shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. 15 A full and fair[a] weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, (B)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For (C)all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, (D)are an abomination to the Lord your God.
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- Deuteronomy 25:15 Or just, or righteous; twice in this verse
Leviticus 19:35-36
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35 (A)“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 (B)You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin:[a] I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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- Leviticus 19:36 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
Proverbs 20:10
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23
Hosea 12:7
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Amos 8:5-6
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5 saying, “When will (A)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (B)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (C)the ephah small and the shekel[a] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (D)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
Footnotes
- Amos 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Ezekiel 45:10-12
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10 (A)“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.[a] 11 The ephah and the bath shall be (B)of the same measure, (C)the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[b] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 (D)The shekel shall be twenty gerahs;[c] twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[d]
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- Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was about 3/5 of a bushel or 22 liters; a bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
- Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
- Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
- Ezekiel 45:12 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
Micah 6:10-11
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10 Can I forget any longer the treasures[a] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the man (A)with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Footnotes
- Micah 6:10 Or Are there still treasures
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