Proverbs 11:1
Proverbs chapter 11 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
- Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.
- Amos 8:5
saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
- Proverbs 20:10
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.