Proverbs 20:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.
  • Amos 8:5 : 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?
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

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  • Prov 20:10-11
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    10Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.

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

  • Prov 11:1
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    1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

  • Prov 16:10-12
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    81%

    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
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    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.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    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?

  • Lev 19:35-36
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    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.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 20:22
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    22Say not thou, I wil recompense euill: but waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite.

  • Ezek 45:10
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    10Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

  • 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.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

    2Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.

  • Hos 12:7
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    7He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    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.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • Prov 6:16
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    16These sixe things doeth the Lorde hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

  • 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.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • Ps 62:9
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    9Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

  • 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?

  • Exod 23:6-7
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    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

    7Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

  • 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.

  • Exod 20:16
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    16Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.

  • 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.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Job 31:6
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    6Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shal know mine vprightnes.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

  • 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.

  • Prov 15:26
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    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 23:3
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    3Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.

  • Amos 8:5
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    5Saying, 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?