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Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 11:1 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 11:1 in other translations
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.
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In context
1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
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