Proverbs 20:10
אֶבֶן וָאֶבֶן אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה גַּם ־ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
In Context
9מִֽי ־ יֹאמַר זִכִּיתִי לִבִּי טָהַרְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי ׃
11גַּם בְּמַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר ־ נָעַר אִם ־ זַךְ וְאִם ־ יָשָׁר פָּעֳלֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35לֹא ־ תַעֲשׂוּ עָוֶל בַּמִּשְׁפָּט בַּמִּדָּה בַּמִּשְׁקָל וּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה ׃
Deuteronomy 25:13לֹֽא ־ יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִֽיסְךָ אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּֽה ׃ ס
Proverbs 16:11פֶּלֶס ׀ וּמֹאזְנֵי מִשְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָה מַעֲשֵׂהוּ כָּל ־ אַבְנֵי ־ כִֽיס ׃
Amos 8:4שִׁמְעוּ ־ זֹאת הַשֹּׁאֲפִים אֶבְיוֹן וְלַשְׁבִּית ענוי ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
Micah 6:11הַאֶזְכֶּה בְּמֹאזְנֵי רֶשַׁע וּבְכִיס אַבְנֵי מִרְמָֽה ׃
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 →