Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Le
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the sc
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silv
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death,
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is jus
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.