Proverbs 11:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ A false balance is abomination to the LORD: But a just weight is his delight.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ 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)

¹ A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Common English Bible

¹ The LORD detests dishonest scales, but delights in an accurate weight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.

Proverbs 11:1 Cross References

Proverbs 16:11

8 Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

Proverbs 20:10

7 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:23

0 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly.

Hosea 12:7

When Ephraim spoke, a horror seized Israel: and he sinned in Baal and died.

Hosea 12:8

And now they have sinned more and more : and they have made to themselves a molten thing of their silver as the likeness of idols: the whole is the work of craftsmen: to these that say: Sacrifice men, ye that adore calves.