Proverbs 11:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:11 : 11 True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small; 14 Or in your house different measures, a great and a small. 15 But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures. 36 Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath. 11 The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer. 12 And the shekel is to be twenty gerahs: five shekels are five, and ten shekels are ten, and your maneh is to be fifty shekels
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit; 6 Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed? 11 Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23
    89%

    23 Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

    10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

    11 True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

    12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10 Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

    11 Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10 Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

    11 Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13 Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;

    14 Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.

    15 But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    16 For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

    22 False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

    36 Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

    9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10 Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

    3 To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

    7 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

    17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26 Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Prov 16:2
    71%

    2 All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

  • Zech 5:8
    71%

    8 And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

  • Prov 21:27
    71%

    27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    70%

    3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

  • Prov 3:32
    70%

    32 For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5 Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23 A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

    7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.