Proverbs 20:23

Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh to do something about it, and he will ◄help you/ do what is right►.

24Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so ◄how can we <understand/know> what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot <understand/know> what will happen before it happens.► [RHQ]

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:10Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.

Hosea 12:7The merchants among you use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people.

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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