Proverbs 11:1
A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
In Context
2Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
Proverbs 16:11Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
Proverbs 20:23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
Hosea 12:7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Amos 8:5Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,