Deuteronomy 25:16

For an abomination of the Lord thy God is every one that doth such things, every one that acteth unrighteously.

Leeser Tanakh

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

15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; in order that thy days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee;

17Remember what 'Amalek did unto thee, by the way, at your coming forth out of Egypt;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:12For an abomination unto the Lord are all that do these things; and on account of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

Proverbs 11:1Balances of deceit are an abomination of the Lord; but a full weight [obtaineth] his favor.

Amos 8:5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell provision? and the sabbath, that we may open the corn-warehouses, making the ephah small, and increasing the shekel, and cheating with deceitful balances?

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 →

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