Hosea 12:7
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Note a merchant: or, Canaan
Note oppress: or, deceive
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a merchant
- or, Canaan.
- Ezekiel 16:3; Zechariah 14:21; John 2:16
- the balances
- Leviticus 19:35, 36; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Amos 8:5, 6; Micah 6:10, 11; 1 Timothy 6:9, 10
- he loveth
- Isaiah 3:5; Ezekiel 22:29; Amos 2:7; Amos 3:9; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:11; Micah 2:1; Micah 3:1–3; Micah 7:2; Malachi 3:5; James 5:4
- oppress
- or, deceive.
- 1 Samuel 12:3