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Deuteronomy 25:15

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You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 15

Here is, I. A law to moderate the scourging of malefactors (Deu 25:1-3). II. A law in favour of the ox the treads out the corn (Deu 25:4). III. For the disgracing of him that refused to marry his brother's widow (Deu 25:5-10). IV. For the punishment of an immodest woman (Deu 25:11, Deu 25:12). V. For just weights and measures (Deu 25:13-16). VI. For the destroying of Amalek (Deu 25:17, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 15

שָׁלֵם (shâlêm, H8003) — complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly צֶדֶק (tsedeq, H6664) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity אֶבֶן (ʼeben, H68) — a stone אֵיפָה (ʼêyphâh, H374) — an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general יוֹם (yôwm, H3117) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to… אָרַךְ (ʼârak, H748) — to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively) אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, H127) — soil (from its general redness) יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, H430) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with… נָתַן (nâthan, H5414) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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Exodus 20:12rank 4

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:40rank 3

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

Deuteronomy 5:16rank 2

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Ephesians 6:3rank 2

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Deuteronomy 11:9rank 2

and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 6:18rank 2

Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

Psalms 34:12rank 2

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

Deuteronomy 5:33rank 2

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

I Peter 3:10rank 2

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

Deuteronomy 17:20rank 1

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

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