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Leviticus 19:35

Leviticus 19:35 is verse 35 of Leviticus chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

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King James Version

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

World English Bible

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

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Leviticus 19:33–37 · Berean Standard Bible

33 When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

35 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

36 You 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.

37 You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 25:13

You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

Deuteronomy 25:15

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.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

Proverbs 20:10

Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:13

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

Amos 8:5

asking, “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.

Amos 8:6

Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Micah 6:1

Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

Matthew 7:2

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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