Proverbs 20:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.