Proverbs 11:1

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The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:11 : 11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one. 14 You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one. 15 You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you. 16 For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume. 36 You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath). 11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. 12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels will be a mina for you.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! 6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 “I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. 11 I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

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  • Prov 20:23
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    23The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

  • Prov 16:10-12
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    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

    11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

    12Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

  • Prov 20:10-11
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    10Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.

    11Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10“I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.

    11I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

  • Deut 25:13-16
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    13You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.

    14You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one.

    15You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you.

    16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22The LORD abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Lev 19:35-36
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    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

    36You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The LORD abhors the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

    9The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath).

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    73%

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

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

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

    7The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

  • Prov 6:16-17
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    72%

    16There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:

    17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Prov 11:2-3
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    72%

    2After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.

    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26The LORD abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

  • Zech 5:8
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    8He then said,“This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

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    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    70%

    3Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

  • Prov 3:32
    70%

    32for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    5You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.