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Proverbs 11:1

Balances of deceit are an abomination of the Lord; but a full weight [obtaineth] his favor.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

In Context

2When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; but with the modest there is wisdom.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Proverbs 16:11A just balance and scales belong to the Lord: his work are all the weights in the bag.

Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.

Hosea 12:7(12:8) But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,

Amos 8:5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell provision? and the sabbath, that we may open the corn-warehouses, making the ephah small, and increasing the shekel, and cheating with deceitful balances?

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