Proverbs 11:1

King James Version 1611 (Original)

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23
    89%

    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

    11A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

    12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

    11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

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

    11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

    14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

    15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

    16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

    22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

    36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

    3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

    7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

    17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

    6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 16:2
    71%

    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

  • Zech 5:8
    71%

    8And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

  • Prov 21:27
    71%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    70%

    3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • Prov 3:32
    70%

    32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.