Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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 have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
11Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 6:11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
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 →