Proverbs 11:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 11

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¹A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 11:1 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 25:13-16
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. …
Proverbs 16:11
A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Leviticus 19:35-36
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. …
Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

Topics

Abomination Balances Cab Cheating Conscience Dishonesty Embezzlement Fraud

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1)

As religion towards God is a branch of universal righteousness (he is not an honest man that is not devout), so righteousness towards men is a branch of true religion, for he is not a godly man that is not honest, nor can he expect that his devotion should be accepted; for, 1. Nothing is more offensive to God than deceit in commerce. A false balance is here put for all manner of unjust and fraudul…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Pr 11:1-31. 1. (Compare Margin). The Hebrews used stones for weights. just--complete in measure.