23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And dishonest scales are not good.

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10 (A)Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

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“A cunning [a]Canaanite!
(A)Deceitful scales are in his hand;
He loves to oppress.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:7 Or merchant

10 “You shall have (A)honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

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The Folly of Wickedness

11 (A)Dishonest[a] scales are an abomination to the Lord,
But a [b]just weight is His delight.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:1 deceptive
  2. Proverbs 11:1 Lit. perfect stone

Saying:

“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And (A)the Sabbath,
That we may [a]trade wheat?
(B)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by (C)deceit,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:5 Lit. open

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