Proverbs 11:1 {2}
Cross References

Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

Leviticus 19:35
Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.

Leviticus 19:36
Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:

Deuteronomy 25:16
For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.

Proverbs 16:11
Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.

Proverbs 20:10
Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.

Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

Hosea 12:7
He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

Micah 6:11
Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?

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Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

a just weight

Proverbs 16:11 Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.

Ezekiel 45:10-12 You shall have just balances, and a just ephi, and a just bate. . . .

Context
Dishonest Scales
1Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.2The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.…
Lexicon
Dishonest
מִ֭רְמָה (mir·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4820: Deceit, treachery

scales
מֹאזְנֵ֣י (mō·zə·nê)
Noun - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 3976: A pair of scales

are an abomination
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת (tō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

to the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

but an accurate
שְׁלֵמָ֣ה (šə·lê·māh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8003: Complete, safe, at peace

weight
וְאֶ֖בֶן (wə·’e·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

is His delight.
רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ (rə·ṣō·w·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will


Additional Translations
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

A FALSE balance is an abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

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

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.
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