Proverbs 20:23

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.
  • 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 : 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;
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:10-11
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    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.

  • Prov 11:1
    89%

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

  • Prov 16:10-12
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    81%

    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.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    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?

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    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 11:20
    74%

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

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Prov 20:22
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    22 Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

  • Prov 12:22
    72%

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

  • Ezek 45:10
    72%

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

  • Zech 8:17
    72%

    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.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

  • Hos 12:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 17:15
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    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 21:2-3
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    71%

    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.

  • Prov 20:24
    71%

    24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Prov 6:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 28:21
    70%

    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Prov 16:2
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:9
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:23
    70%

    23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Ps 62:9
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

  • Exod 23:6-7
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

    7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

  • Zech 5:8
    70%

    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.

  • Exod 20:16
    69%

    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

  • Isa 5:20
    69%

    20 Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

  • Prov 17:23
    69%

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

  • 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 24:29
    69%

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Prov 18:5
    69%

    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Job 31:6
    69%

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

  • Prov 13:5
    69%

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

  • Prov 8:13
    69%

    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 15:26
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    68%

    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 23:3
    68%

    3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

  • Amos 8:5
    68%

    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;