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Proverbs 11:1

Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

In Context

2Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:13'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

Proverbs 16:11A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.

Proverbs 20:23An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.

Hosea 12:7Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

Amos 8:5Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

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