Proverbs 11:1
Yahweh detests people who use scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
In Context
2People who are proud will eventually be disgraced; it is wise to be humble.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13“ When you are buying or selling things, do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something, and two kinds of measuring baskets, one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something.
Proverbs 16:11Yahweh wants us to use scales that are correct; the weights in his bag are correct, because he made them.
Proverbs 20:23Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
Hosea 12:7The merchants among you use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.
Amos 8:5You habitually say, “We wish that [RHQ] the new moon festival would end soon, in order that restrictions on doing business during the festival will be ended and we can sell grain. We wish that the Sabbath would end soon, in order that we will again be permitted to sell our wheat”— and when you sell it, you charge a big price for it, and you cheat people by using scales that do not weigh correctly.