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11 A (A)deceptive balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
But a (B)just weight is His delight.

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11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,(A)
    but accurate weights find favor with him.(B)

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Better is a little with righteousness
Than great produce with injustice.

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Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain(A) with injustice.(B)

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23 [a](A)Differing weights are an abomination to Yahweh,
And a (B)deceitful balance is not good.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:23 Lit A stone and a stone

23 The Lord detests differing weights,
    and dishonest scales do not please him.(A)

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28 (A)Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers made.

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Saying 5

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    set up by your ancestors.

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10 Do not move the ancient boundary
And do not (A)come into the fields of the orphans,

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Saying 11

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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He who increases his wealth by (A)interest and usury
Gathers it (B)for him who is gracious to the lowly.

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Whoever increases wealth by taking interest(A) or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another,(B) who will be kind to the poor.(C)

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