Proverbs 20:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.

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  • Prov 11:1 : 1 False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.
  • Amos 8:4-7 : 4 Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle, 5 Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate. 7 The Lorde hath sworne by the excellencie of Iaakob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable? 11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, 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 & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
  • Deut 7:25-26 : 25 The grauen images of their gods shall ye burne with fire, and couet not the siluer and golde, that is on them, nor take it vnto thee, least thou be snared therewith: for it is an abomination before the Lord thy God. 26 Bring not therefore abomination into thine house, lest, thou be accursed like it, but vtterly abhorre it, and count it most abominable: for it is accursed.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful and vnbeleeuing, and the abominable and murtherers, and whoremogers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, & all liars shall haue their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23-24
    2 verses
    90%

    23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

    24The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    80%

    10A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.

    11A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.

    12It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    80%

    13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, 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 & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

    16For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    78%

    35Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

    36You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?

    11Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?

  • Prov 20:11
    75%

    11A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.

  • Prov 17:15
    74%

    15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Prov 11:20
    74%

    20They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

    11The Ephah and the Bath shalbe equall: a Bath shall conteyne the tenth part of an Homer, and an Ephah the tenth part of an Homer: the equalitie thereof shalbe after the Homer.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 16:2
    72%

    2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

  • Prov 6:16
    71%

    16These sixe things doeth the Lorde hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:

  • Prov 20:9
    71%

    9Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

    3To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

  • Zech 5:8
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    8And he said, This is wickednes, and he cast it into the middes of the Ephah, and hee cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth thereof.

  • Hag 2:16
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    16(2:17) Before these things were, when one came to an heape of twentie measures, there were but ten: when one came to the wine presse for to drawe out fiftie vessels out of the presse, there were but twentie.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The way of the wicked is an abomination vnto the Lord: but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lorde.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Woe vnto them that speake good of euill, and euill of good, which put darkenes for light, and light for darkenes, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for sowre.

  • Deut 18:12
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    12For all that doe such things are abomination vnto the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lorde thy God doeth cast them out before thee.

  • Mal 2:17
    68%

    17Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?

  • Job 28:25
    68%

    25To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

  • Prov 16:5
    68%

    5All that are proude in heart, are an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he shall not be vnpunished.

  • Job 31:6
    68%

    6Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shal know mine vprightnes.

  • Prov 15:26
    68%

    26The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3Speake no more presumptuously: let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him enterprises are established.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

  • Lev 18:27
    68%

    27(For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

  • Prov 12:22
    68%

    22The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite.

  • Ezek 20:7
    67%

    7Then sayd I vnto them, Let euery man cast away the abominations of his eyes, and defile not your selues with the idols of Egypt: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Jer 17:10
    67%

    10I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.

  • Isa 10:1
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    1Wo vnto them that decree wicked decrees, and write grieuous things,

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?

  • Deut 7:26
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    26Bring not therefore abomination into thine house, lest, thou be accursed like it, but vtterly abhorre it, and count it most abominable: for it is accursed.

  • Ezek 11:21
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    21But vpon them, whose heart is towarde their idoles, and whose affection goeth after their abominations, I will lay their way vpon their owne heades, saith the Lorde God.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

  • Deut 17:1
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    1Thou shalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no bullocke nor sheepe wherein is blemish or any euill fauoured thing: for that is an abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

  • Lev 18:30
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    30Therefore shall yee keepe mine ordinances that ye do not any of the abominable customes, which haue bene done before you, and that yee defile not your selues therein: for I am the Lorde your God.

  • 1 Kgs 7:37
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    37Thus made he the tenne bases, They had all one casting, one measure, and one syse.