Deuteronomy 25:15

Deuteronomy chapter 25 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Context

v.14Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.

v.15This passage

v.16For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 5:33
Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Exodus 20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Psalms 34:12
What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good?
Deuteronomy 6:18
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,
1 Peter 3:10
For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: