Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
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 made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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.
Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land,
Micah 6:11Can I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag [full] of deceptive 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 →