Micah 6:10
Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?
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9The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.
11Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
Joshua 7:1But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.
Proverbs 10:2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
Proverbs 20:10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
Proverbs 21:6He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
Jeremiah 5:27As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
Matthew Henry on Micah 6:10-16
Accusations and Threatenings. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The Lord 's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their… Read the whole commentary →