"Do not cheat when you use weights and measures.

Use true and honest weights and measures, so that you may live a long time in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

The LORD hates people who use dishonest scales. He is happy with honest weights.

The LORD wants weights and measures to be honest and every sale to be fair.

The LORD hates people who use dishonest weights and measures.

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

"I will bring my fist down on your robberies and murders.

You say to yourselves, "We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.

We can sell worthless wheat at a high price. We'll find someone poor who can't pay his debts, not even the price of a pair of sandals, and we'll buy him as a slave."

Listen to the LORD's case against Israel. Arise, O LORD, and present your case; let the mountains and the hills hear what you say.

for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.