11 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,(A)
but an accurate weight is His delight.(B)

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11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,
    but delights in an accurate weight.

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Better a little with righteousness
than great income with injustice.(A)

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Better a little with righteousness
    than great profits without justice.

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23 Differing weights[a] are detestable to the Lord,(A)
and dishonest scales(B) are unfair.

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Footnotes

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

23 The Lord detests false weights;
    deceptive scales aren’t right.

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28 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.(A)

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28 Don’t remove an ancient boundary marker
    that your ancestors established.

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10 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,(A)
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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10 Don’t remove an ancient boundary marker;
    don’t invade the fields of orphans,

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Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest(A)
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.(B)

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Those who become rich through high interest rates
    gather money for those who are generous to the poor.

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