Deuteronomy 25:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.”
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BSBPD
“You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 25:13 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- Leviticus 19:36You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Ezekiel 45:10You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Amos 8:5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- Micah 6:11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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