Pray the word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

Deuteronomy chapter 25 verses 13 through 16.

You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.

You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small,

a full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have,

that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly are an abomination to the Lord your God.

So what this law in Deuteronomy is addressing is the temptation for people to be unjust

and dishonest in their dealings with others, to use different measurements and different

weights in ways that would presumably advantage the person who's doing that and disadvantage

the person they are dealing with. And God says, don't do it. All who do such things,

all who act dishonestly are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Could there be any more serious word from God to describe dishonesty?

Before Him and before others, then abomination in ways that we see

reiterated over and over and over again in the Bible. Even just think about

Acts chapter 5 and Ananias and Sapphira and their dishonesty before God and both of them

falling over dead on the spot. Oh God, we pray that you would help us

to take honesty seriously. God, we pray that you would help us to live honestly before you.

God, we confess our tendency to try to hide things from you or live like you don't know this or

that in our lives. God help us to honestly and quickly confess sin in our lives.

God, not try to cover over our sin, but to confess our sin before you. God, help us to live with

honesty and integrity before you. And God, we pray that you'd help us to live with honesty

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