Proverbs 11:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

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  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you shall have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23
    89%

    23Diverse weights are an abomination to 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 does not transgress in judgment.

    11A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.

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

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.

    11Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure and right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

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

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

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

    14You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

    15But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

    16For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

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

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

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

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an 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 to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10You 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 weighs 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 loves to oppress.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

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

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the humble is wisdom.

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows 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 arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 16:2
    71%

    2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs 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 its opening.

  • Prov 21:27
    71%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

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

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • 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 proudly; let not arrogance 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 perverse person is an 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 grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit?

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction awaits the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, they shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness deceit.

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

    7The way of the just is uprightness; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.