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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• ⁵{i}saying, 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:{/i} (Amos 8:5)

Prov. 20:10,23• ¹⁰Divers weights, divers measures,{HR}Both of them [are] alike abomination to Jehovah.
²³Divers weights [are] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}And a false balance [is] not good. (Prov. 20:10,23)

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Are, etc.

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

the treasures.

Josh. 7:1• ¹{i}But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse:{/i} 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• ²³{i}And 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.{/i}
²⁴{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Kings 5:23‑24)

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Prov. 10:2• ²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;{HR}But righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 10:2)

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Prov. 21:6• ⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue{HR}[Is] a fleeting breath of them that seek death. (Prov. 21:6)

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

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Amos 3:10• ¹⁰{i}and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.{/i} (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 many pledges!
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 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: every one that stealeth shall be cut off {i}according to it on this side; and{/i} every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
⁴I will bring it 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 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• ¹Come then, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on.
²Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten.
³Your gold and [your] silver are rusted through, and their rust shall be for a witness to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye laid up treasure in [the] last days.
⁴Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts. (James 5:1‑4)

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Lev. 19:35‑36• ³⁵Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in measure.
³⁶Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] Jehovah your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Lev. 19:35‑36)

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Deut. 25:13‑16• ¹³{i}Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.{/i}
¹⁴{i}Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.{/i}
¹⁵{i}A 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.{/i}
¹⁶{i}For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.{/i} (Deut. 25:13‑16)

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Prov. 11:1• ¹A false balance [is] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But a just weight his delight. (Prov. 11:1)

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Ezek. 45:9‑12• ⁹Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; 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 Jehovah.
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• ⁷A merchant [Canaan], the balance of deceit in his hand, he loveth to overreach!
⁸And Ephraim said, I am simply become rich; I have found me out substances: it is all my labours. They will find no iniquity in me that is sin. (Hos. 12:7‑8)

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Amos 8:5‑6• ⁵{i}saying, 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:{/i}
⁶{i}that 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.{/i} (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."

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)