Proverbs 20:23

The Message

God hates cheating in the marketplace; rigged scales are an outrage.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:1

God hates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard.

Proverbs 20:10

Switching price tags and padding the expense account are two things God hates.

Hosea 12:7

The businessmen engage in wholesale fraud. They love to rip people off! Ephraim boasted, “Look, I’m rich! I’ve made it big! And look how well I’ve covered my tracks: not a hint of fraud, not a sign of sin!”

Deuteronomy 25:13

Don’t carry around with you two weights, one heavy and the other light, and don’t keep two measures at hand, one large and the other small. Use only one weight, a true and honest weight, and one measure, a true and honest measure, so that you will live a long time on the land that God, your God, is giving you. Dishonest weights and measures are an abomination to God, your God—all this corruption in business deals!