1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. …
A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. …
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1)As religion towards God is a branch of universal righteousness (he is not an honest man that is not devout), so righteousness towards men is a branch of true religion, for he is not a godly man that is not honest, nor can he expect that his devotion should be accepted; for, 1. Nothing is more offensive to God than deceit in commerce. A false balance is here put for all manner of unjust and fraudul…
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