THEOSISProverbs 20:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
אֶ֣בֶן וָ֭אֶבֶן אֵיפָ֣ה וְאֵיפָ֑ה תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 20:23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
- Prov 11:1A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
- Deut 25:13Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
- Deut 25:15Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.
- Lev 19:35Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.
- Prov 16:11Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
- Amos 8:7The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.