Proverbs 11:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Dishonest scales are detestable to the  Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A FALSE balance and unrighteous dealings are extremely offensive and shamefully sinful to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight. [Lev. 19:35, 36; Prov. 16:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The LORD detests dishonest scales, but delights in an accurate weight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.

Proverbs 11:1 Cross References

Proverbs 16:11

Honest balances and scales are the  Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his concern.

Proverbs 20:10

Differing weights and varying measures   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Proverbs 20:23

Differing weights  are detestable to the  Lord, and dishonest scales  are unfair.

Hosea 12:7

A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands.

Hosea 12:8

But Ephraim thinks, ‘How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me that I can be punished for! ’