Proverbs 20:10

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Proverbs 20:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?

10 Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.

11 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.

12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 25:13

You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

Proverbs 20:23

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

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

Leviticus 19:35

You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

Deuteronomy 25:14

You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

Deuteronomy 25:15

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Amos 8:5

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Amos 8:6

Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Amos 8:7

The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

Micah 6:10

Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?

Micah 6:11

Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

Deuteronomy 7:25

You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 7:26

And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”