KJV King James Version
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 The LORD’S voice crieth unto the city, and [the man of] wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
11 Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee, in making [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
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