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Proverbs 20:23

American Standard Version

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

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Proverbs 20:23 in other translations

Yahweh detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

Proverbs 20:23 · World English Bible

Proverbs 20:23 in context

  1. 21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
  2. 22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
  3. 23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
  4. 24A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
  5. 25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.