Deuteronomy 25:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ You shall have only a full and honest weight; you shall have only a full and honest measure, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ But you shall have a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Instead, you must have only one weight, complete and correct, and only one ephah, also complete and correct, so that your life might be long in the fertile land the LORD your God is giving you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ You shall have a just and a true weight, and your measure shall be equal and true, so that you may live for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Thou shalt have a just and a true weight: and thy bushel shall be equal and true. That thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

Deuteronomy 25:15 Cross References

Psalm 34:12

Which of you desires life and covets many days to enjoy good?

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Ezekiel 45:10

“You shall have honest balances, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

Leviticus 19:35

“You shall not cheat in measuring length, weight, or quantity.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances,

Ephesians 6:3

“so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

Deuteronomy 11:9

and so that you may live long in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 17:20

neither exalting himself above other members of the community nor turning aside from the commandment, either to the right or to the left, so that he and his descendants may reign long over his kingdom in Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:14

You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, large and small.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

Deuteronomy 5:16

“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:33

You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.

Deuteronomy 6:18

Do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may go well with you and so that you may go in and occupy the good land that the Lord swore to your ancestors,

1 Peter 3:10

For “Those who desire to love life and to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit;