Deuteronomy 25:16

For everyone that does this is an abomination to the Lord thy God, even everyone that does injustice.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

17Remember what things Amalek did to thee by the way, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:12For everyone that does these things is an abomination to the Lord thy God; for because of these abominations the Lord will destroy them from before thy face.

Proverbs 11:1False balances are an abomination before the Lord: 1 But a just weight is acceptable unto him. 1

Amos 8:5saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the Sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?

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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