Leviticus 19:35

The Message

“Don’t cheat when measuring length, weight, or quantity. Use honest scales and weights and measures. I am God, your God. I brought you out of Egypt.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:1

God hates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard.

Proverbs 16:11

God cares about honesty in the workplace; your business is his business.

Proverbs 20:10

Switching price tags and padding the expense account are two things God hates.

Leviticus 19:15

“Don’t pervert justice. Don’t show favoritism to either the poor or the great. Judge on the basis of what is right.

Micah 6:1

Listen now, listen to God: “Take your stand in court. If you have a complaint, tell the mountains; make your case to the hills. And now, Mountains, hear God’s case; listen, Jury Earth— For I am bringing charges against my people. I am building a case against Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:13

Don’t carry around with you two weights, one heavy and the other light, and don’t keep two measures at hand, one large and the other small. Use only one weight, a true and honest weight, and one measure, a true and honest measure, so that you will live a long time on the land that God, your God, is giving you. Dishonest weights and measures are an abomination to God, your God—all this corruption in business deals!