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Proverbs 20:23 Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good. The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him. The LORD detests double standards; he is not pleased by dishonest scales. Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
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XI. (1) A false balance is abomination to the Lord.--A similar proverb is found in Proverbs 20:23, and praise of just weights, Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10.The repetition suggests that this form of cheating had become common in the time of Solomon, when the commerce of Israel began to develop.
- Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 34 helpful votes. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
- Proverbs 20:10 ESV / 30 helpful votes. Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
- Leviticus 19:35 ESV / 26 helpful votes. “You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
- Proverbs 16:11 ESV / 23 helpful votes. A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. abomination. Deuteronomy 7:25,26
The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the ...
Proverbs 20:23. ESV Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good. NIV The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him. NASB Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, And a false scale is not good. CSB Differing weights are detestable to the Lord, and dishonest scales are unfair.
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English Standard Version. 11 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight. Read full chapter. Proverbs 11:1 in all English translations. Proverbs 10. Proverbs 12. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
