Devine Scripture

Proverbs 20:23

Proverbs chapter 20 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

Context

v.22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

v.23This passage

v.24A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 20:10

    Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Ezekiel 45:10

    Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

  • Proverbs 11:1

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

  • Hosea 12:7

    He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  • 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;