Proverbs 11:1
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”Proverbs 11:1
What Does Proverbs 11:1 Mean?
Proverbs 11:1 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 11, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 11:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 25:13“Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.”Proverbs 16:11“A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.”Proverbs 20:23“Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.”Leviticus 19:35“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.”Proverbs 20:10“Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.”Philippians 4:8“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”Psalms 37:23“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.”Hosea 12:7“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”Amos 8:5“Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?”Deuteronomy 25:16“For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”Ezekiel 45:10“Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.”Proverbs 12:22“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.”Micah 6:10“Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?”1 Corinthians 6:9“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,”Job 22:3“Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?”Proverbs 6:16“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:”Exodus 20:15“Thou shalt not steal.”Leviticus 19:36“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.”Proverbs 26:24“He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;”1 Thessalonians 4:6“That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.”
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