Proverbs 20:10

Divers weights and divers measures,—Both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

Noyes 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 clean; I am free from my sin?”

11Even in childhood one maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his actions will be pure and right.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:11A just balance and scales are the appointment of the LORD; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Amos 8:4Hear this, ye that pant to oppress the needy, And to destroy the poor of the land.

Micah 6:11Shall I count her pure with the wicked balances, And with the bag of deceitful 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 →

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