Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
KJV
Statera dolosa abominatio est apud Dominum, et pondus æquum voluntas ejus.
Vulgate
ζυγοὶ δόλιοι βδέλυγμα ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, στάθμιον δὲ δίκαιον δεκτὸν αὐτῷ.
LXX
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
ASV
מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְ/אֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
וֹ
v
noun · 53×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
m'zny
noun · 15×
שָׁלֵ֔ם
shlm
noun · 28×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. He forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law. But in God's sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear legitimate, such as: inaccurate measurements of weight, size, or volume; fraudulent merchandising; counterfeit money; excessive interest; or any other means f…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
- Deut 25:13 — Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Deut 25:13 — Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Deut 25:16 — For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
- Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
- Ezek 45:10 — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Ezek 45:10 — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Hos 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- Hos 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- Job 22:3 — Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Lev 19:36 — Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
- Prov 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- Prov 12:22 — Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
- Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Prov 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
- Prov 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
- Prov 26:24 — He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
- Ps 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.