Proverbs 11:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Balances of deceit `are' an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight `is' His delight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:11 : 11 A just beam and balances `are' Jehovah's, His work `are' all the stones of the bag.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 `Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. 14 Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small. 15 Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; 16 for the abomination of Jehovah thy God `is' any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; 36 righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I `am' Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
  • Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath -- ye have. 11 The ephah and the bath is of one measure, for the bath to bear a tenth of the homer, and the ephah a tenth of the homer: according to the homer is its measurement. 12 And, the shekel `is' twenty gerah: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels -- is your maneh.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 Canaan! in his hand `are' balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit. 6 To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet `in' the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah? 11 Do I reckon `it' pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:23
    89%

    23An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good.

  • Prov 16:10-12
    3 verses
    85%

    10An oath `is' on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

    11A just beam and balances `are' Jehovah's, His work `are' all the stones of the bag.

    12An abomination to kings `is' doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

    11Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10Are there yet `in' the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

    11Do I reckon `it' pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

    14Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small.

    15Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

    16for the abomination of Jehovah thy God `is' any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.

  • Prov 12:22
    77%

    22An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.

  • Prov 11:20
    77%

    20An abomination to Jehovah `are' the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way `are' His delight.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

    36righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I `am' Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;

  • Prov 17:15
    75%

    15Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.

    9An abomination to Jehovah `is' the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.

  • Ezek 45:10
    74%

    10Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath -- ye have.

  • Prov 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Every way of a man `is' right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

    3To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

  • Hos 12:7
    72%

    7Canaan! in his hand `are' balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

  • Prov 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven `are' abominations to His soul.

    17Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly `is' wisdom.

    3The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26An abomination to Jehovah `are' thoughts of wickedness, And pure `are' sayings of pleasantness.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

  • Prov 16:2
    71%

    2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

  • Zech 5:8
    71%

    8And he saith, `This `is' the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

  • Prov 21:27
    71%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked `is' abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

  • Ps 62:9
    71%

    9Only -- vanity `are' the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity `are' lighter.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    70%

    3Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge `is' Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

  • Prov 3:32
    70%

    32For an abomination to Jehovah `is' the perverted, And with the upright `is' His secret counsel.

  • Amos 8:5
    70%

    5Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

  • Ps 10:3
    70%

    3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

  • Prov 21:15
    70%

    15To do justice `is' joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 16:5
    70%

    5An abomination to Jehovah `is' every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.

  • Prov 17:23
    70%

    23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

  • Isa 26:7
    69%

    7The path for the righteous `is' uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.