9 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’ 10 You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
Ezekiel 45:9–11
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Proverbs 20:22–24
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Proverbs 16:10–12
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Proverbs 11:1–2
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