Proverbs 20:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן וּמֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה לֹא־טֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

tôʿabat YHWH ʾeben and-ʾāben and-mōʾznê mirmâ not-ṭôb

Grammar Details

*tôʿabat*: noun, feminine singular construct - abomination of
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*ʾeben*: noun, feminine singular - stone/weight
*ʾāben*: noun, feminine singular - stone/weight
*mōʾznê*: noun, masculine dual construct - scales of
*mirmâ*: noun, feminine singular - deceit
*ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good

Word Meanings

*tôʿabat*: abomination of/detestable to
*YHWH*: the LORD/Yahweh/the Eternal One
*ʾeben*: stone/weight/measuring weight
*ʾāben*: stone/weight/measuring weight
*mōʾznê*: scales of/balances of
*mirmâ*: deceit/fraud/falsehood
*ṭôb*: good/proper/right

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 20:10 : 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ezek 45:10 : 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Amos 8:5 : 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?
Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 20:10-11
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10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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Prov 11:1
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1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Prov 16:10-12
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10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
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Deut 25:13-16
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80%
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.
Mic 6:10-11
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10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
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Lev 19:35-36
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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 11:20
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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
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27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Prov 20:22
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22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Prov 12:22
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Ezek 45:10
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10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Zech 8:17
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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.
Exod 23:1-2
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Hos 12:7
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Prov 17:15
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15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Prov 21:2-3
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Prov 20:24
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Prov 6:16
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16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Prov 28:21
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Prov 16:2
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Prov 15:9
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Prov 24:23
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Ps 62:9
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Prov 21:27
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27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Exod 23:6-7
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Exod 20:16
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Isa 5:20
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20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Prov 17:23
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Prov 21:7
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Prov 24:29
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Prov 18:5
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Job 31:6
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Prov 13:5
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Prov 8:13
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Prov 15:26
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26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
1 Sam 2:3
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Prov 23:3
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Amos 8:5
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