Proverbs 20:23

Differing weights are a to'evah unto Hashem, 1 and scales of mirmah (deceit) are not tov. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

In Context

22Say not thou, I will pay back rah; 1 but wait on Hashem, and He shall save thee. 1

24The steps of a gever are from Hashem; 1 how can an adam then understand his own derech (way, lifeʼs course)? 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:10Differing weights, and differing measures, 1 both of them are alike to'evah to Hashem. 1

Hosea 12:7Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha; 1 be shomer over chesed and mishpat 1 and wait on Eloheicha tamid (continually). 1

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 →

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