Proverbs 11:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.”
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“Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 11:1 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
- Deuteronomy 25:16For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Ezekiel 45:10You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
- Amos 8:5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- Micah 6:10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
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