Deuteronomy 25:15

Perfect weights and true shalt thou have, perfect measures and true shalt thou have, that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee:

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14Thou shalt not have in thy house measure and measure, great and small:

16For everyone who doeth these things, everyone who acteth falsely, is an abomination before the Lord thy God.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth to thee.

Deuteronomy 4:40And keep His statutes and His commandments that I teach thee this day, that it may be well with thee, and thy sons after thee, and thou mayest prolong days on the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, all the days.

Deuteronomy 11:9And may prolong your days upon the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give them and their children, a land producing milk and honey;

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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