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Proverbs 11:1
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The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.
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Proverbs 11:1 in Other Translations
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A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
ESV
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A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
NLT
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The LORD detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
MSG
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God hates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard.
CSB
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Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Proverbs 11:1 In-Context
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The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.
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When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
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The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
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Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
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Leviticus 19:36
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Deuteronomy 25:13-16
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Job 6:2
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Proverbs 20:10,23
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Proverbs 16:11
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Ezekiel 45:10
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