Proverbs 20:23

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Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and deceitful scales are not good.

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  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Differing weights and differing measures—both are detestable to the Lord.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 You must have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit?
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.

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  • Prov 20:10-11
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    10 Differing weights and differing measures—both are detestable to the Lord.

    11 Even a young person is known by their actions—whether their conduct is pure and upright.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.

  • Prov 16:10-12
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    81%

    10 A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

    11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are His making.

    12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established by righteousness.

  • Deut 25:13-16
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    80%

    13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one.

    14 Do not have two differing measures in your house, a large one and a small one.

    15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

    16 For anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly, is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    10 Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable?

    11 Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?

  • Lev 19:35-36
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    76%

    35 Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.

    36 Use honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 Those with twisted hearts are detestable to the Lord, but His delight is in those whose ways are blameless.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

  • Prov 20:22
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    22 Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait for the Lord, and He will deliver you.

  • Prov 12:22
    72%

    22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are His delight.

  • Ezek 45:10
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    10 You must have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17 Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    1 Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

    2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

  • Hos 12:7
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    7 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the Lord.

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    2 Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

    3 To do righteousness and justice is preferred by the LORD rather than sacrifice.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • Prov 6:16
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    16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

  • Prov 28:21
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    21 To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23 These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.

  • Ps 62:9
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    9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable, even more when it is brought with evil intent.

  • Exod 23:6-7
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    6 Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

    7 Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Zech 5:8
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    8 He said, 'This is wickedness,' and he pushed her back into the basket and placed the lead cover over its mouth.

  • Exod 20:16
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    16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who make bitter sweet and sweet bitter!

  • Prov 17:23
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    23 The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29 Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.

  • Job 31:6
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    6 let God weigh me with honest scales, and He will know my integrity.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgrace themselves.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure to Him.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    68%

    3 'Do not keep speaking so arrogantly or let proud words come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.'

  • Prov 23:3
    68%

    3 Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Amos 8:5
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    5 saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit?