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What Does the Bible Say About Fair?

Here are 14 Bible verses about fair, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 11:1

    A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

    BSBDishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  2. #2Proverbs 16:11

    A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

    BSBHonest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

  3. #3Colossians 4:1

    Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

    BSBMasters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

  4. #4Proverbs 20:10

    Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

    BSBDiffering weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.

  5. #5Proverbs 20:23

    Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

    BSBUnequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

  6. #6Leviticus 19:35-36

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

    BSBYou must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  7. #7Micah 6:8

    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

    BSBHe has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

  8. #8Leviticus 19:36

    Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

    BSBYou shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  9. #9Amos 5:24

    But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

    BSBBut let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

  10. #10Ephesians 6:9

    And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

    BSBAnd masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

  11. #11Deuteronomy 25:13-16

    Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

    BSBYou shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

  12. #12Deuteronomy 16:19-20

    Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

    BSBDo not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  13. #13Proverbs 21:15

    It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

    BSBJustice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

  14. #14Micah 6:11

    Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

    BSBCan I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

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