Proverbs 20:23

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The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath).
  • 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 : 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!
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 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.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    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.

  • 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 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.

  • Prov 20:22
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    22Do not say,“I will pay back evil!” Wait for the LORD, so that he may vindicate you.

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

  • Ezek 45:10
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    10You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath).

  • Zech 8:17
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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.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    1Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

  • Hos 12:7
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    7The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    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.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?

  • Prov 6:16
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    16There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

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

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23Further Sayings of the Wise These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:

  • Ps 62:9
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    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.

  • 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!

  • Exod 23:6-7
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    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • 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.

  • Exod 20:16
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    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Job 31:6
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    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

  • Prov 13:5
    69%

    5The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.

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

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    68%

    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 23:3
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    3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

  • Amos 8:5
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    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!