Deceit / Fraud / Falsehood — "Stones of Deceit, Scales of Deceit"
Figuratively and poetically: weights used to deceive — trade or conduct based on dishonesty and fraud.
("Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth." – Micah 6:11–12; and also: "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight." – Proverbs 11:1)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה, מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה וּבִמְלִיצָה: מִשְׁקוֹלוֹת שֶׁנּוֹעֲדוּ לְרַמּוֹת. מִסְחָר הַמֻּשְׁתָּת עַל גְּנֵבָה אוֹ עַל אִי־יֹשֶׁר.
("הַאֶזְכֶּה בְּמֹאזְנֵי רֶשַׁע וּבְכִיס אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה. אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׁירֶיהָ מָלְאוּ חָמָס וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ דִּבְּרוּ שָׁקֶר וּלְשׁוֹנָם רְמִיָּה בְּפִיהֶם" – מִיכָה ו, יָא–יב, וְכֵן: "מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה תּוֹעֲבַת ה' וְאֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה רְצוֹנוֹ" – מִשְׁלֵי יָא, א)