American Standard Version
"Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good. "
— Proverbs 20:23, American Standard Version
“Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.”
“Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.”
“The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.”
“Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.”
“Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.”
“Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.”
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
An inheritancemay be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.