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Deuteronomy 25:13
Deuteronomy 25:13 is verse 13 of Deuteronomy chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
King James Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
World English Bible
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
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Deuteronomy 25:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
12 you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
13 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
14 You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
15 You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
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?
Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.