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11 The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales,
    but he delights in accurate weights.

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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

11 A (A)false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
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 to have little, with godliness,
    than to be rich and dishonest.

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

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

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23 The Lord detests double standards;
    he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

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23 [a](A)Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And a [b](B)false scale is not good.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:23 Lit A stone and a stone
  2. Proverbs 20:23 Lit balance of deceit

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

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28 Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers
    set up by previous generations.

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

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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 Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
    don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.

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10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into the fields of the fatherless,

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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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Income from charging high interest rates
    will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.

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One who increases his wealth by [a](A)interest of any kind,
Collects it (B)for one who is gracious to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:8 Possibly interest on money and food loans

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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