Deuteronomy 25:15
A weight full and just, shalt thou have, a measure full and just, shalt thou have,—that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures,—a great and a small.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father, and thy mother,—that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
Deuteronomy 4:40So shalt thou keep his statutes and his commandments which, I, am commanding thee to-day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee,—and to the end thou mayest prolong thy days upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God, is giving thee, all the days.
Deuteronomy 5:33In all the way which Yahweh your God hath commanded you, must ye walk,—that ye may live and it be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 11:9and that ye may prolong your days upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto your fathers, to give unto them and unto their seed,—a land flowing with milk and honey.
Psalms 34:12Who is the man that desireth life, Loving days, that he may see good?
Ephesians 6:3That it may come to be, well with thee, and thou shalt be long-lived upon the land.
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 →