Hosea 12:7
¶He is 3a merchant, the mbalances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to 4oppress.
¶He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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Ezekiel 16:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
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Leviticus 19:35 ¶Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Leviticus 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1 A FALSE balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Amos 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
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Or, deceive.