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Miqueias 6:10-11
Am I still to forget your ill- gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed?Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights? (niv)
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Amós 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,saying,“ When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat. (niv)
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Provérbios 16:11
Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are of his making. (niv)
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Provérbios 11:1
The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him. (niv)
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Levítico 19:35-36
“‘ Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. (niv)
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Provérbios 21:3
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. (niv)
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Isaías 5:10
A ten- acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.” (niv)
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Provérbios 20:10
Differing weights and differing measures— the Lord detests them both. (niv)
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Deuteronômio 25:15
You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (niv)