Proverbs 20:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:1

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Proverbs 20:10

Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

Ezekiel 45:10

Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.

Hosea 12:7

As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Deuteronomy 25:13

Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;