For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Parallel translations
- WEB For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- BSB For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your 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 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Rev 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Deut 22:5The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
- Deut 18:12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
- 1 Cor 6:9–11Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- 1 Th 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- Amos 8:5–7Saying, 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?
- Prov 20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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