Proverbs 20:10

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
  • Amos 8:4-7 : 4 Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 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? 7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
  • 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?
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 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.
  • Deut 7:25-26 : 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. 26 And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23-24
    2 verses
    90%

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

    24A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    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?

  • Prov 20:11
    75%

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

  • Prov 17:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:20
    74%

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

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

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

    11The 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.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:2
    72%

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

  • Prov 6:16
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:9
    71%

    9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Zech 5:8
    70%

    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.

  • Hag 2:16
    70%

    16Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty [vessels], there were but twenty.

  • Prov 15:9
    69%

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

  • Zech 8:17
    69%

    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.

  • Isa 5:20
    69%

    20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  • Deut 18:12
    69%

    12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

  • Mal 2:17
    68%

    17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

  • Job 28:25
    68%

    25To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

  • Prov 16:5
    68%

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

  • Job 31:6
    68%

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

  • Prov 15:26
    68%

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

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    68%

    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 8:13
    68%

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

  • Lev 18:27
    68%

    27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

  • Prov 12:22
    68%

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

  • Ezek 20:7
    67%

    7And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

  • Jer 17:10
    67%

    10I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Isa 10:1
    67%

    1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

  • Prov 21:27
    67%

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

  • Deut 7:26
    67%

    26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

  • Ezek 11:21
    67%

    21But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Prov 21:8
    67%

    8The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Deut 17:1
    67%

    1Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

  • Lev 18:30
    67%

    30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.

  • 1 Kgs 7:37
    67%

    37After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.