Proverbs 20:23
A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
In Context
24A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?
Cross References
Proverbs 20:10A 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.
Hosea 12:7Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually.
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 →