Proverbs 20:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.”
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“Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 20:10 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- Micah 6:10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
- Micah 6:11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
- Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
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