Bible verse

Proverbs 11:1

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

Proverbs 11:1 · BSB

Proverbs 11:1 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 11.

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

2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

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Proverbs 11:1 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

A FALSE balance is an abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

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