Proverbs 11:1 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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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.

English Standard Version 2016

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 11:1 Cross References

Proverbs 16:11

A just weight and balance are the LORD's: All the weights of the bag are his work.

Proverbs 20:10

Divers weights, and divers measures, Both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 20:23

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; And a false balance is not good.

Hosea 12:7

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.