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Mic. 6:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

μAre there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the νscant measure that is abominabler?

or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the wicked.

measure of leanness;

Amos 8:5• ⁵saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit: (Amos 8:5)

Prov. 20:10,23• ¹⁰Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
²³Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good. (Prov. 20:10,23)

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or, Is there yet unto every man an house of thewicked, etc.

the treasures.

Josh. 7:1• ¹But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse: Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel. (Josh. 7:1)

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2 Kings 5:23‑24• ²³And Naaman said, Consent to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his young men; and they bore them before him.
²⁴And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed. (2 Kings 5:23‑24)

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Prov. 10:2• ²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 10:2)

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Prov. 21:6• ⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death. (Prov. 21:6)

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Jer. 5:26‑27• ²⁶For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
²⁷As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves. (Jer. 5:26‑27)

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Amos 3:10• ¹⁰and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces. (Amos 3:10)

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Hab. 2:5‑11• ⁵And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
⁶Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?--and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!
⁷Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
⁸Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.
⁹Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
¹⁰Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul.
¹¹For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. (Hab. 2:5‑11)

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Zeph. 1:9• ⁹And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit. (Zeph. 1:9)

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Zech. 5:3‑4• ³And he said unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off according to it on this side; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it on that side.
⁴I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. (Zech. 5:3‑4)

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James 5:1‑4• ¹Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
²Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
³Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
⁴Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:1‑4)

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Lev. 19:35‑36• ³⁵Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:
³⁶just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Lev. 19:35‑36)

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Deut. 25:13‑16• ¹³Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
¹⁴Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.
¹⁵A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
¹⁶For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 25:13‑16)

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Prov. 11:1• ¹A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight. (Prov. 11:1)

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Ezek. 45:9‑12• ⁹Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
¹⁰Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
¹¹The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be according to the homer.
¹²And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. (Ezek. 45:9‑12)

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Hos. 12:7‑8• ⁷He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
⁸And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. (Hos. 12:7‑8)

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Amos 8:5‑6• ⁵saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
⁶that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat. (Amos 8:5‑6)

scant measure.

Heb. measure of leanness.

J. N. Darby Translation

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measureb which is abominable?

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "ephah."