Proverbs 20:10

10 False weights and measures— the LORD detests them both.

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 his judgment throne sifts out all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, "I'm innocent to the core; I'm cleansed from my sin"?

10 False weights and measures— the LORD detests them both.

11 Even young people are known by their actions, whether their conduct is pure and upright.

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