Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
In Context
22Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.
24Man's activities are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Cross References
Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Hosea 12:7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
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 →