Someone has said that the essence of warning against “false balance or unjust weight” is to enable us not to conduct our businesses in an unjust manner. To have an unjust weight or scale means to show partiality or deceit in business exchanges in order to deceive others to profit yourself. When a weight is just, it conforms to the universal standard of measurement.

Some people want to be rich by all means. Competition is rife in society on who drives the best cars, owns the most beautiful mansion and other aesthetic but ephemeral acquisitions that define status symbol. For this reason, a lot of people are cutting corners and doing all manner of unethical things. Sadly, many so-called believers are caught in this rat race.

ln some climes, truth is a scarce commodity as business people and service givers rip their customers off by rendering services that are below standard or half measures. Those who sell products give lower measures than they claim to give. Corruption is just the order of the day. ln our text, we are told that the contrast between the righteous and unrighteous manifests in the blessings that come from righteousness. God abhors dishonest and unjust measurements.

Lack of integrity is repulsive. It can erode the confidence level of a man. If you cannot do without cheating people, you can as well do without meeting people.