Deuteronomy 25:16

Deuteronomy 25:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
• New International Version (NIV)For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Context of Deuteronomy 25:16

14Do not keep in your house two different bowls to measure things, one big one and one small one. 15You must keep true and honest weights. You must have bowls that measure things correctly. If you do that you will live for a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you. The Lord your God hates anyone who cheats other people and is not honest. 17Remember what the Amalekites did to you when you came out of Egypt. 18They attacked you when you were tired and weak. They killed all the people who were walking slowly at the back of your group. They were not afraid of God.

Deuteronomy 25:16 word by word

כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ כָּל־עֹ֣שֵׂה אֵ֑לֶּה כֹּ֖ל עֹ֥שֵׂה עָֽוֶל׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For all that doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• such thingsאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• unrighteouslyעָ֫וֶל‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• an abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:16

• Deuteronomy 18:12The Lord hates anyone who does these things. It is because of those evil things that the Lord will chase the other nations out of the land as you move in.
• Deuteronomy 22:5A woman must not wear the same clothes that men wear. A man must not wear clothes that make him look like a woman. The Lord your God hates people who do this.
• Proverbs 11:1The Lord hates traders who do not use true weights. He is happy when they are honest and they use true weights.
• Proverbs 20:23The Lord hates traders who use false weights. He hates scales that do not weigh things properly.
• Amos 8:5You say to yourselves, ‘We want the new moon festival to finish so that we can sell food again. We want our Sabbath day of rest to finish so that we can sell grain.’ But when you sell things, you cheat the people who buy from you. You deceive them with false weights, and you make the price too high.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9People who do wrong things like that will never belong to God's kingdom. You surely know that. Do not think that people like this will receive God's good things: People who have sex in wrong ways. People who worship idols. People who have sex with anyone that they are not married to. Men who have sex with other men.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6No man among you should ever have sex with the wife of a Christian friend. That would be the same as if you robbed him. It would be a bad thing to do against him. Remember that the Lord will punish everyone who does things like that. We have already told you that. We warned you very seriously about it.
• Revelation 21:27But nothing that is bad or unclean will ever go in there. Nobody who does anything that God hates will go into the city. Nobody who tells lies will go in. Only those people with their names written in the Lamb's book of life can go in there.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35-36). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching (compare Luke 3:12 ff); and that “the prophets” (compare Ezekiel 45:10-12; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:10-11) and “the Psalms” Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23, not less than “the Law,” especially insist on them. Deuteronomy 25:13 Divers…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 Dishonest gain always brings a curse on men's property, families, and souls. Happy those who judge themselves, repent of and forsake their sins, and put away evil things, that they may not be condemned of the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. Thou shalt not have ... divers weights--Weights were anciently made of stone and are frequently used still by Eastern shopkeepers and traders, who take them out of the bag and put them in the balance. The man who is not cheated by the trader and his bag of divers weights must be blessed with more acuteness than most of his fellows [Roberts]. (Compare Pr 16:11; 20:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 25:16

• Abomination
• Dishonesty
• Honesty
• Measure
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Beat
• Exceed
• Hindmost
• Muzzle
• Stripe
• Abomination
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings