Leviticus 19:35

Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

34Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

36Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:15Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

Deuteronomy 25:15But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 11:1Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Proverbs 20:10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

Ezekiel 45:10Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.

Micah 6:1Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:31-37

Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord . 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love… Read the whole commentary →

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