Proverbs Chapter 11 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
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BBE Proverbs 11:1

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
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DARBY Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
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KJV Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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WBT Proverbs 11:1


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WEB Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.
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YLT Proverbs 11:1

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - A false balance; literally, balances of deceit (Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13, 14 and Leviticus 19:35, 36 points to fraud consequent on increased commercial dealings, and the necessity of moral and religious considerations to control practices which the civil authority could not adequately supervise. The standard weights and measures were deposited in the sanctuary (Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; 1 Chronicles 23:29), but cupidity was not to be restrained by law, and the prophets had continually to inveigh against this besetting sin (see Ezekiel 45:10; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11). Honesty and integrity are at the foundation of social duties, which the author is now teaching. Hence comes the reiteration of these warnings (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10). A just weight; literally, a perfect stone, stones having been used as weights from early times. So we read (2 Samuel 14:26) that Absalom weighed his hair "by the king's stone" (eben).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXI.(1) A false balance is abomination to the Lord.--A similar proverb is found in Proverbs 20:23, and praise of just weights, Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10. The repetition suggests that this form of cheating had become common in the time of Solomon, when the commerce of Israel began to develop. If so, there would be good reason for these frequent warnings, for it would have been useless to raise the superstructure of a religious life, as is the intention of this book, without first laying the foundation of common honesty between man and man.A just weight.--Literally, stone, stones having been used for weights from early times. (Comp. Leviticus 19:36.) A standard weight, "the king's stone," seems to have been kept by David (2Samuel 14:26). . . .