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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 by deceit? (Amos 8:5)

Prov. 20:10,23• ¹⁰Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
²³Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; 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 a trespass in the accursed thing: for 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 the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. (Josh. 7:1)

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2 Kings 5:23‑24• ²³And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
²⁴And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed 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 vanity tossed to and fro 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 he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. (Jer. 5:26‑27)

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

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Hab. 2:5‑11• ⁵Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
⁶Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
⁷Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
⁸Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
⁹Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
¹⁰Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy 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• ⁹In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. (Zeph. 1:9)

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Zech. 5:3‑4• ³Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
⁴I will bring it forth, saith the Lord 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 remain 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 men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
²Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
³Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
⁴Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which 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 meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
³⁶Just 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. (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 thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
¹⁵But 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.
¹⁶For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. (Deut. 25:13‑16)

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

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Ezek. 45:9‑12• ⁹Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
¹⁰Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
¹¹The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after 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, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
⁸And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors 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 by deceit?
⁶That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and 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."