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Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

In Context

2[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Proverbs 16:11The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.

Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

Hosea 12:7[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

Amos 8:5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:

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