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

weights

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

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

a false balance

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

Amos 8:5 Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Context
Wine is a Mocker
22Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee. 23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.24The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:

Proverbs 11:1
Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

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

Lexicon
Unequal weights
אֶ֣בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

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

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

and dishonest
מִרְמָ֣ה (mir·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4820: Deceit, treachery

scales
וּמֹאזְנֵ֖י (ū·mō·zə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 3976: A pair of scales

are no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

good.
טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good


Additional Translations
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

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

A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.

Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

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

An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.
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