Proverbs 20:23
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The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.
Read Proverbs 20:23 Using Other Translations
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
The LORD detests double standards; he is not pleased by dishonest scales.
What does Proverbs 20:23 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the
Lord
(See Gill on
Proverbs 20:10); which is here repeated for the further
confirmation of it, and that it might be taken notice of and
avoided; and perhaps this sin of using false weights and measures
was common with the Jews; and a false balance [is] not
good;
in the sight of God; but an abomination, as in ( Proverbs
11:1 ) ; nor is it good for men in the issue; for though they
may gain by it at present, it will prove a loss to them in the
end, since it will bring a curse on all they get.
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