Proverbs 11:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

A false balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE, but a true weight pleaseth him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 To vse two maner of weightes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 The LORDE abhorreth two maner of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell thinge.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not haue in yi bagg two maner of weightes, a greate and a small. 14 Nether shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures, a greate and a small. 15 Thou shalt haue a perfecte and iust weighte, and a perfecte and iust measure, that thy life maye be longe in the londe, which the LORDE yi God shal geue the. 16 For who so euer doth soch (yee all they that do euell) are abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shal not deale wrogeously in iudgmet, with meteyarde, with weight, with measure: 36 A true balaunce, a true weight, a true Epha, a true Hin shalbe amoge you. For I am the LORDE youre God, which brought you out of the londe of Egipte,
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Ye shal haue a true weight, a true Epha, & a true Bat. 11 The Epha & the Bat shalbe a like. One Bat shal coteyne ye teth parte of an Homer, and so shal one Epha do: their measure shalbe after ye Homer. 12 One Sycle maketh xx. Geras. So xx. Sycles, and xxv. & xv. Sycles make a pounde.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 But the marchaunt hath a false weight in his honde, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcion.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sabbath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bu?shel lesse, and the Sycle greater? 6 We shall set vp false waightes, yt we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money, and the nedy also for shues: yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Shulde I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked, and because the measure is minished? 11 Or shulde I iustfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23
    89%

    23The LORDE abhorreth two maner of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell thinge.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

    10When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

    11A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.

    12It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10To vse two maner of weightes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE.

    11A childe is knowne by his conuersacion, whether his workes be pure and right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10Shulde I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked, and because the measure is minished?

    11Or shulde I iustfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes,

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13Thou shalt not haue in yi bagg two maner of weightes, a greate and a small.

    14Nether shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures, a greate and a small.

    15Thou shalt haue a perfecte and iust weighte, and a perfecte and iust measure, that thy life maye be longe in the londe, which the LORDE yi God shal geue the.

    16For who so euer doth soch (yee all they that do euell) are abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

    22The LORDE abhorreth disceatfull lippes, but they that laboure for treuth, please him.

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20The LORDE abhorreth a fayned hert, but he hath pleasure in them that are vndefyled.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35Ye shal not deale wrogeously in iudgmet, with meteyarde, with weight, with measure:

    36A true balaunce, a true weight, a true Epha, a true Hin shalbe amoge you. For I am the LORDE youre God, which brought you out of the londe of Egipte,

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15The LORDE hateth as well him yt iustifieth ye vngodly, as him yt condempneth the innocet.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him.

    9The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacio vnto ye LORDE, but who so foloweth righteousnes, him he loueth.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10Ye shal haue a true weight, a true Epha, & a true Bat.

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.

    3To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

    7But the marchaunt hath a false weight in his honde, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcion.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6let me be weyed in an eauen balaunce, that God maye se my innocency.

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE hateth, & the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:

    17A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude,

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Where pryde is, there is shame also and confucion: but where as is lowlynes, there is wysdome.

    3The innocent dealynge of the iust shal lede them, but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despysers shalbe their owne destruccion.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5A righteous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodly shameth both other and himself.

    6Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26The LORDE abhoreth ye ymaginacions of ye wicked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13With me is the feare of the LORDE, and ye eschuynge of euell. As for pryde, disdayne, an euell waye, & a mouth that speaketh wicked thiges, I vtterly abhorre the.

  • Prov 16:2
    71%

    2A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.

  • Zech 5:8
    71%

    8And he sayde: This is vngodlynesse. So he cast her in to the myddest of the measure, & threwe ye lompe of leade vp in to an hole.

  • Prov 21:27
    71%

    27The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offre the thinge yt is gotten wt wickednes.

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17none of you ymagyn euell in his hert agaynst his neghboure, and loue no false oothes: for all these are the thinges that I hate, sayeth the LORDE.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    70%

    3Let go yor greate boostinge of hye thynges, let go out of youre mouth that olde byworde: for the LORDE is a God yt knoweth all thinges, & he hath set all workes in order.

  • Prov 3:32
    70%

    32for the LORDE abhorreth the frowarde, but his secrete is amonge the righteous.

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    5Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sabbath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bu?shel lesse, and the Sycle greater?

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3For the vngodly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre, the cuvetous blesseth him self, and blasphemeth the LORDE.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right, but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same.

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous & proude hertes, there maye nether strength ner power escape.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The laboure of the vngodly prospereth not, but he that soweth rightuosnes, shal receaue a sure rewarde.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17A iust man will tell the trueth, & shewethe thinge yt is right: but a false wytnesse disceaueth.

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

    7Thou (LORDE) cosidrest the path of ye rigtuous, whether it be right, whether the waye of ye rightuous be right.