Deuteronomy 25:16

For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

In Context

15Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

17Remember what Amalec did to thee in the way when thou camest out of Egypt:

Read all of Deuteronomy 25

Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:12For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming.

Proverbs 11:1A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.

Amos 8:5Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,

1 Corinthians 6:9Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,

Revelation 21:27There shall not enter into it any thing defiled, or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie, but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Deuteronomy 25:16