Deuteronomy 25:16

16 For detestable to Yahweh your God [is] everyone who [is] doing such things, everyone who [is] acting dishonestly.

Deuteronomy 25:16 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 25:16

For all that do such things
Keep, different weights and measures, and make use of them to defraud their neighbours in buying and selling:

[and] all that do unrighteously;
what is not just and right between man and man, in any other instance whatever:

[are] an abomination unto the Lord thy God;
both they and their actions; he is a righteous God, and loves righteousness, and hates injustice of every kind.

Deuteronomy 25:16 In-Context

14 There shall not be in your house {for your use} {two kinds of measures}.

15 [Rather] a full and honest weight shall be {for your use}; there shall be for you a full and honest {measure}, so that your days on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you may be long.

16 For detestable to Yahweh your God [is] everyone who [is] doing such things, everyone who [is] acting dishonestly.

17 "Remember what Amalek did to you on the journey when you went out from Egypt,

18 that he met you on the journey and attacked you, all those lagging behind you and [when] you were weary and worn out, and he did not fear God.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "for"
• [b] Or "[are] all [who][are] doing"
• [c] Or "all [who][are] acting"