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Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 11:1 · King James Version

In other versions

  • A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

    ASV

  • Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

    BBE

  • A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

    DBY

  • A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.

    WEB

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

    YLT

  • A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

    ENG

  • A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

    WBT

  • Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

    BSB

In context

1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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