Deuteronomy 25:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-16

Righteousness in trade imperative. This paragraph requires no preparatory elucidation. The topic for a Homily which it gives is one of the most important in the range of human ethics. It furnishes six lines of thought. 1. In the providence of God men are thrown together for the purposes of trade. 2. Opportunity is thus furnished for the exercise of right principles of mutual justice and equity. 3. There is often given an opportunity also of taking advantage of others by unequal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-16

Morality in trade. The Hebrew lawgiver lays just stress on honesty in weights and measures. The general principle is that of honesty in trade. Weights and measures connect themselves intimately with the ideas of justice, rectitude, impartiality. Justice is represented by a figure with scales and weights. Falsification of weights and measures is thus a representative sin, one which corrupts integrity in man with peculiar and fatal rapidity. I. AN INJUNCTION MUCH NEEDED . Trade... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-16

Religion inspires commercial life. It is certain that God displays the liveliest interest in every department of human life. He is not only the God of the hills; he is God of the valleys also. He takes cognizance, not only of great things, but also of small. Can any man tell us what are small things? Not only on the portal of every church, but on the forefront of every shop—ay, on the beam of every balance, we ought to see the inscription, "To the glory of God alone!" I. RELIGION ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:16

(Cf. Deuteronomy 22:5 ; Deuteronomy 23:12 .) All that do unrighteously ; equivalent to all that transgress any law. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35-36). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching (compare Luke 3:12 ff); and that “the prophets” (compare Ezekiel 45:10-12; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:10-11) and “the Psalms” Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23, not less than “the Law,” especially insist on them.Deuteronomy 25:13Divers weights - i. e. stones of unequal weights, the lighter... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 25:13

Deuteronomy 25:13. Divers weights, great and small The great to buy with, the small for selling. This law taught them to be so far from practising deceit, that they were not even to have the instruments of it by them. Would to God that there was no need to enforce the same law in our days! read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:5-19

Family and business relationships (25:5-19)If a man died having no son, his brother was to have a temporary marital relation with the widow for the purpose of helping her produce a son. Legally, this son would be considered son of the dead man and so would receive his inheritance and carry on his name. If the brother refused to cooperate, he was to be publicly disgraced for allowing the dead man’s name to die out (5-10). (If, however, there were surviving daughters, they could receive the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 25:13-19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 25:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 25:5-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 25:13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 25:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 25:15

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