Proverbs 20:10
A large and small weight, and + 20:10 Gr. double.divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and so is he that makes them.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
In Context
9c Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35Ye shall not act unrighteously in judgment, in measures and weights and scales.
Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great + 25:13 Gr. or.and a small.
Proverbs 16:11The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.
Amos 8:4Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,
Micah 6:11Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,
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 →