Deuteronomy 25:13-16

Miscellaneous Laws

¹³ "You _n shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. ¹⁴ You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. ¹⁵ A full and fair ₁ weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, _o that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. ¹⁶ For _p all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, _q are an abomination to the Lord your God.

1. Cross References
   Leviticus 19:35 - 36
   You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
   Proverbs 16:11
   A just balance and scales are the Lord 's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
   Ezekiel 45:10
   You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
   Amos 8:5
   Saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances.
   Micah 6:11
   Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 4:40
   Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 11:1
   A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 18:12
   For whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
   Deuteronomy 22:5
   A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.