Proverbs 20:23

WEB

²³The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

KJV

²³Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

BSB

²³Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

FBV

²³The Lord hates incorrect weights; using dishonest scales is wrong.

Extra References

Proverbs 20:10

¹⁰Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Ezekiel 45:10

¹⁰“You shall have just balances, a just ephah,^[+] and a just bath.

Hosea 12:7

⁷A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

Proverbs 11:1

¹A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.

⁵saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah^[+] small, and the shekel^[+] and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;