Proverbs 20:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Diverse and deceitful weights are shamefully vile and abhorrent to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The LORD detests false weights; deceptive scales aren’t right.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

Proverbs 20:23 Cross References

Proverbs 11:1

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

Proverbs 20:10

Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Ezekiel 45:10

“You shall have honest balances, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

Hosea 12:7

A trader in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances,

Deuteronomy 25:13

“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small.