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Pro 20:23 — Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

weights		Pro 20:10; Eze 45:10
a false balance		Heb. balances of deceit. Hsa 12:7; Amo 8:5

Correlating Passages

weights

	Pro 20:10	Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
	Eze 45:10	Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

a false balance

	Hsa 12:7	[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
	Amo 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?

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 20:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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