Leviticus 19:35

Don't use dishonest weights and measures.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

34Treat them in the same way as a fellow citizen, and love them as you love yourself, because you were once foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

36Make sure your scales and weights are accurate, that your measures of ephah and hin are correct. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:15Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.

Deuteronomy 25:15Make sure you always use accurate and true weights and measures. In that way you will have long lives in the country the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 11:1The Lord hates dishonest scales, but accurate weights please him.

Proverbs 20:10The Lord hates both dishonest weights and dishonest measures.

Ezekiel 45:10You must use correct methods of measurement—whether it's weights on scales, or ephah for measuring solids, and a bath for measuring liquids.

Micah 6:1Listen to what the Lord is saying. Stand up and plead your case. Let the mountains and the hills hear your voice.

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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