Proverbs 11:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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%

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

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

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

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

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

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

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

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

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    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?

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

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

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20 ¶ They 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%

    27 ¶ An 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%

    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.

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15 ¶ He 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%

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

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

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

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

  • Job 31:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

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

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13 The 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%

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

  • Zech 5:8
    71%

    8 And 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%

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

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17 And 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%

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

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9 Surely 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%

    3 Talk 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%

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

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    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?

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

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

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

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

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5 ¶ Every 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%

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

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

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

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

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

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

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

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

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