Proverbs 20:10
Diuers weightes, and diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?
11A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.
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.
Amos 8:4Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,
Micah 6:11Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
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 →