Micah 6:10
Are there still ill-gotten gains in the houses of the wicked? Are they still using dishonest measures in selling grain?
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11How can I accept those who use unfair scales and dishonest weights?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13Don't have two different measuring weights in your bag, one that's heavy and one that's light.
Joshua 7:1However, the Israelites had not been faithful regarding those things set apart for the Lord. Achan had taken some of them which made the Lord very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.
Proverbs 10:2Wealth gained through evil does you no good; but living right saves you from death.
Proverbs 20:10The Lord hates both dishonest weights and dishonest measures.
Proverbs 21:6Money made by lies is like smoke in the wind—a chase that ends in death.
Jeremiah 5:27Their homes are full of their ill-gotten gains, like cages full of birds. That's why they've become powerful and rich.
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 →