Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Bava Batra 176:5

אחד לעשרה בלח ואחד לעשרים ביבש וכו': איבעיא להו היכי קאמר אחד מעשרה בלח לעשרה דלח ואחד מעשרים ביבש לעשרים דיבש או דלמא אחד מעשרה לעשרה דלח ולעשרים דיבש תיקו

and the statement of Resh Lakish has been made with reference to [what has been said, not in the earlier, but in] the latter clause, which reads, [IF] HE GAVE HIM THE EXACT WEIGHT, HE MUST ALLOW HIM THE [FOLLOWING] ADDITIONS [and with reference to this it has been asked], 'Whence [is] this law'? — [And] Resh Lakish said: Scripture says: and just,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. ibid. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> [which means], make [your weight] just, by giving him of your own. And how much must be added to the weight? — R. Abba b. Memel said in the name of Rab: In [the case of] liquids, a tenth of a pound<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. litra, [G], the Roman libra. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> for [every] ten pounds.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>

Mesilat Yesharim

Our Sages of blessed memory also said: "stealing from another person is worse than stealing from Temple property, for in the former, the word 'sin' precedes the word 'betrayal' [and the opposite in the latter]..."
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Mesilat Yesharim

I will not speak with respect to deception in the area of measurements for scripture explicitly states: "the abomination of the L-rd your G-d are all who do these" (Devarim 25:16). They further stated: "the punishment for dishonest weights and measures is worse than the punishment for illicit relations" (Bava Basra 88b) and "a wholesale dealer must wipe his measures clean once in thirty days..." (ibid 88a). Why all this? So that they do not unknowingly diminish in measure and he is not punished [for stealing from his customers due to negligence].
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