Proverbs 11:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small: 14 Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee. 16 For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure. 36 True balaunces, true wayghtes, a true Epha, and a true Hin shal ye haue: I am the Lorde your GOD whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt.
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath. 11 The Ephah and the Bath shalbe alyke: one Bath shall containe the tenth parte of an Homer, and an Ephah the tenth part of an Homer: the equalitie thereof shalbe after the Homer. 12 The Sicle maketh twentie Gerrahs: & twentie Sicles, and twentie & fiue, and fifteene Sicles make a Maneh.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite? 6 That we may bie the poore for siluer, and the needy for shoes, yea and sell the refuse of the wheate?
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable? 11 Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23
    89%

    23Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

    11A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.

    12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.

    11A chylde is knowen by his conuersation, whether his workes be pure and right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable?

    11Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes?

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small:

    14Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small.

    15But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

    16For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

    22The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure.

    36True balaunces, true wayghtes, a true Epha, and a true Hin shal ye haue: I am the Lorde your GOD whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.

    9The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde: but who so foloweth righteousnesse, him he loueth.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.

    3To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

    7He is Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:

    17A proude loke, a lying tongue, handes that shed innocent blood,

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome.

    3The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes: but the vngodly shameth hym selfe, and is put to scilence.

    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.

  • Prov 16:2
    71%

    2A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.

  • Zech 5:8
    71%

    8And he said, This is vngodlinesse: So he cast her into the middest of the measure, and threwe the lumpe of lead into the mouth of the measure.

  • Prov 21:27
    71%

    27The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17And let none of you imagine euil in his heart against his neighbour, and loue no false othes: for all these are ye thinges that I hate, saith the Lorde.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    70%

    3Talke no more proudly, let not arrogancie come out of your mouthes: for the Lorde is a God of knowledge, and his purposes come to passe.

  • Prov 3:32
    70%

    32For the Lord abhorreth the froward: but his counsayle is among the righteous.

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    5Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite?

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire: and blessing the couetous, he blasphemeth God.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right: but destruction shalbe to the workers of wickednesse.

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes: but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

    7The path of equitie wylt thou graunt vnto the iust O thou most righteous thou shalt order the path of hym that is righteous.