“A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a
just weight is his delight.”
False balances are generally associated with weights and
scales. The idea is that there is an established price quoted per pound, ounce
or liter, but when it comes time to measure out the product, the merchant has rigged
his scales so that the balance shown does not reflect the quantity being
measured, and the purchaser ends up paying for something he is not receiving.
He is being ripped off.
We may come to view being fleeced as the cost of doing
business, but the Lord loathes such practices. He calls them an abomination.