Proverbs 20:10

10 Differing weights and unequal measures ^[a]— both are detestable to the LORD.

Proverbs 20:10 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 20:10

Divers weights, [and] divers measures
Or, "a stone and a stone, and an ephah and an ephah" ^F4. Stones being in old time used in weighing, and an "ephah" was a common measure among the Jews; and these ought not to be different; one stone or weight for buying, and another for selling; and one measure to buy goods in with, and another to sell out with; the one too heavy, the other too light; the one too large, and the other too scanty; whereby justice is not done between man and man; whereas they ought to be just and equal, ( Leviticus 19:35 Leviticus 19:36 ) ; both of them [are] alike abomination to the Lord;
who loves righteousness and hates iniquity, and requires of men to do justly; and abhors every act of injustice, and whatever is detrimental to men's properties; see ( Proverbs 11:1 ) ( 16:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 So Montanus, Schulteus.

Proverbs 20:10 In-Context

8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?

10 Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.

11 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.

12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah