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Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights [are] an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
Proverbs 20:23 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 20:23 in other translations
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
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In context
20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23 Divers weights [are] an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
26 A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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