11 False [a]balances are an abomination unto the Lord: but a perfect [b]weight pleaseth him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:1 Under this word he condemneth all false weights, measures and deceit.
  2. Proverbs 11:1 Hebrew, stone.

11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,(A)
    but accurate weights find favor with him.(B)

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10 Divers [a]weights, and divers measures, both [b]these are even abomination unto the Lord.

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  1. Proverbs 20:10 Hebrew, stone and stone, ephah and ephah.
  2. Proverbs 20:10 Read Prov. 16:11.

10 Differing weights and differing measures—
    the Lord detests them both.(A)

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