Proverbs 20:23
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.”Proverbs 20:23
What Does Proverbs 20:23 Mean?
Proverbs 20:23 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 20, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 20:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 11:1“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”Proverbs 20:10“Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.”Hosea 12:7“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”Ezekiel 45:10“Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.”Proverbs 16:11“A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.”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?”Proverbs 6:16“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:”Micah 6:10“Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?”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.”Deuteronomy 25:16“For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”
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