This is a verse that his been covered before, but where the Lord repeats Himself, we must listen.
"Diverse weights [one for buying and another for selling] and diverse measures, both of them are exceedingly offensive and abhorrent to the Lord." Proverbs 20:10, Amplified
To have differing weights is to be a liar. You are no longer trying to get the best deal for your dollar, but you are trying to deceive someone into almost stealing from them. There was actually a law put in place in Israel to keep this from happening. "You shall not have a bag of differing weights, a heavy and a light." (Deuteronomy 25:13, NKJV) The Lord even posed a question to the Jew through the prophet Micah. This question, however is now not only for the Jew but for the believer as well since we have been grafted in. "Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is an abomination? Shall I count pure those with wicked scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?" (Micah 6:10-11, NKJV) WE absolutely cannot be counted pure when we have the intend to deceive. The question is rhetorical. The Lord will never bless those who are deceitful. Yes, it may seem that they are blessed, but the Lord will not be mocked.
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