For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
Parallel translations
- WEB For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- KJV For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
- NKJV For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.
- NASB For everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to the Lord your God.
- NLT All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the Lord your God.
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Quick answer
All who deal dishonestly are an abomination to the Lord. God hates fraud and treats it as a grave offense against Himself.
Overview
This solemn summary declares that cheating in trade is not a minor matter but something the Lord detests. It reveals that economic dishonesty is ultimately a sin against God's own character of truth and justice. The gospel calls the redeemed to a transformed integrity, putting away all falsehood and walking in the light (Ephesians 4:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Prov 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Rev 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Deut 22:5A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Deut 18:12For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
- 1 Cor 6:9–11Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- 1 Th 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
- Amos 8:5–7asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- Prov 20:23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
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