Cheaters Never Win

"A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight" (Proverbs 11:1).

Thought For Today

When giving gifts to our grandkids, my wife always makes sure that I don’t show favoritism. If she gives to one, she gives to the others as well. At times she will even ask me if I think she has even given the appearance of showing favoritism. It has been reported that some butcher shops used to use unbalanced scales to cheat people on the amount of meat they were buying. Many of the scales had not been calibrated for years. So when the people bought a certain amount of meat, they thought they were getting 10 pounds but may only have been getting 7 or 8 because of the uncalibrated or unbalanced scales. Same thing has happened with fuel pumps.

Solomon said that a false balance is abomination to the Lord. He said that God hates it when people are cheated. In other words, Solomon was saying that it turns God's stomach. Even in ministry, people need to know the full truth even if it hurts. The worst reputation a person can have is that of a deciever. I know that there will be those that only want you to tell them what they want to hear. But there are others that want the full truth. Jesus said that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Therefore, equality and impartiality should be the hallmark of us all. And that should even include giving the grand children equal valued gifts.