Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
In Context
22Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.
24The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
Cross References
Proverbs 20:10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
Hosea 12:7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:23
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord , and he shall save thee. Those that live in this world must expect to have injuries done them, affronts given them, and trouble wrongfully created them, for we dwell among briers. Now here we are told what to do when we have wrong done us. 1. We must not avenge ourselves, no, nor so much as think of revenge, or design it: " Say not thou, no, not in thy heart, I will recompense evil for evil. Do not please thyself with the thought that some time or… Read the whole commentary →