Proverbs 20:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite?
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:10-11
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    10Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.

    11A chylde is knowen by his conuersation, whether his workes be pure and right.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

  • Prov 16:10-12
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    81%

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

    11A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.

    12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

  • Deut 25:13-16
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    13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small:

    14Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small.

    15But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

    16For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    78%

    10Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable?

    11Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes?

  • Lev 19:35-36
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    76%

    35Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure.

    36True balaunces, true wayghtes, a true Epha, and a true Hin shal ye haue: I am the Lorde your GOD whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.

  • Prov 20:22
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    22Say not thou, I wyll recompence euyll: but put thy trust in the Lorde, and he shall deliuer thee.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.

  • Ezek 45:10
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    10Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17And let none of you imagine euil in his heart against his neighbour, and loue no false othes: for all these are ye thinges that I hate, saith the Lorde.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    72%

    1Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

    2Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement.

  • Hos 12:7
    71%

    7He is Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    2Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.

    3To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • Prov 6:16
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    16These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde: but who so foloweth righteousnesse, him he loueth.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • Ps 62:9
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    9As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe.

  • Prov 21:27
    70%

    27The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?

  • Exod 23:6-7
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    6Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

    7Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

  • Zech 5:8
    70%

    8And he said, This is vngodlinesse: So he cast her into the middest of the measure, and threwe the lumpe of lead into the mouth of the measure.

  • Exod 20:16
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    16Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Wo be vnto them that call euyll good, and good euyll, which make darknesse lyght, and lyght darknesse, that make sowre sweete, and sweete sowre.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Say not, I wyll handle hym euen as he hath dealt with me: and wyll rewarde euery man according to his deedes.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

  • Job 31:6
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    6Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes: but the vngodly shameth hym selfe, and is put to scilence.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3Talke no more proudly, let not arrogancie come out of your mouthes: for the Lorde is a God of knowledge, and his purposes come to passe.

  • Prov 23:3
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    3Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth.

  • Amos 8:5
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    5Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite?