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DIVERS WEIGHTS

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 24, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 22.

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DIVERS WEIGHTS.

Deut. xxv, 13–16: “Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small; thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small; 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. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.”
Prov. xx, 10: “Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.”
1. The crime here reprobated is that of having a large measure with which to buy, and a small one to use in selling.
2. Many who would loudly condemn this particular act do nevertheless commit this very sin. Taking advantage of the necessities or the ignorance of others to buy things for less than their value, and to sell them for more than their real worth, is precisely what those do who buy with a large measure, and sell with a small one. How many houses are there in which divers weights and measures are not found as an important part of the things in daily use?
3. If the angel of God is present to weigh our acts, and to record our conduct for the inspection of the day of Judgment, does it not become us to be circumspect in all our ways?
4. Strict honesty is so precious in the sight of God, that it has the promise of long life. The Lord will lengthen our days! Even this life has some tokens by which he bears testimony to the character of his servants. But shall this promise be verified when he shall give them eternal life?