Deuteronomy 25:15
A perfect and just weight thou shall have, a perfect and just measure thou shall have, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14Thou shall not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.
16For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to LORD thy God.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 4:40And thou shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, and that thou may prolong thy days in the land, which LORD thy God gives thee, fore
Deuteronomy 5:33Ye shall walk in all the way which LORD your God has commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 11:9and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Psalms 34:12What man is he who desires life, and loves [many] days, that he may see good?
Ephesians 6:3so that it may become well with thee, and thou will be long lasting on the earth.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:14-19
Amalek to Be Destroyed. ( b. c. 1451.) 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when… Read the whole commentary →