Proverbs 20:10
Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
In Context
9Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from [my] sinne?
11A chylde is knowen by his conuersation, whether his workes be pure and right.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:11A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.
Amos 8:4Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:10
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? This question is not only a challenge to any man in the world to prove himself sinless, whatever he pretends, but a lamentation of the corruption of mankind, even that which remains in the best. Alas! Who can say, "I am sinless?" Observe, 1. Who the persons are that are excluded from these pretensions—all, one as well as another. Here, in this imperfect state, no person whatsoever can pretend to be without sin. Adam could say so in innocency, and… Read the whole commentary →