Proverbs 11:1
False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
In Context
2When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,
Proverbs 16:11A true weight and balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.
Proverbs 20:23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.
Hosea 12:7He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.
Amos 8:5Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?