Proverbs 11:1

American Standard Version (1901)

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23
    89%

    23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

    11A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.

    12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

    11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

    11Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

    14Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.

    15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

    16For all that do such things, [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

    22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

    36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

    3To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

    7[He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

    17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words [are] pure.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 16:2
    71%

    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

  • Zech 5:8
    71%

    8And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

  • Prov 21:27
    71%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    70%

    3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

  • Prov 3:32
    70%

    32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.