Deuteronomy 25:13

¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag {H3599} divers weights {H68}{H68}, a great {H1419} and a small {H6996}.

"You are not to have in your pack two sets of weights, one heavy, the other light.

You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 11:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

  • Proverbs 16:11 (3 votes)

    ¶ A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.

  • Amos 8:5 (3 votes)

    Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

  • Leviticus 19:35 (3 votes)

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Leviticus 19:37 (3 votes)

    Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.

  • Micah 6:11 (2 votes)

    Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

  • Micah 6:12 (2 votes)

    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.