THEOSISProverbs 11:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 25:13Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
- Deut 25:16For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.
- Prov 16:11Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
- Prov 20:23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
- Lev 19:35Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.
- Lev 19:36Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Prov 20:10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
- Hos 12:7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.