Micah 6:11

Can I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag [full] of deceptive weights?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

In Context

10Are there yet in the house of the wicked man the treasures of wickedness, and the scant accursed measure?

12For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants have spoken falsehood, and their tongue is deceit [itself] in their mouth.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:11A just balance and scales belong to the Lord: his work are all the weights in the bag.

Hosea 12:7(12:8) But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,

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 →

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