Proverbs 11:1
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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
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Proverbs 11:1
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11 [a]A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah;
But a just weight is his delight.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:1 Hebrew A balance of deceit.
Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little, with righteousness,
Than great revenues with injustice.
Proverbs 20:23
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- Proverbs 20:23 Lit A stone and a stone
- Proverbs 20:23 Lit balance of deceit
Proverbs 20:23
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23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;
And [a]a false balance is not good.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:23 Hebrew a balance of deceit.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 (A)Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Remove not the ancient landmark,
Which thy fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:10
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10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23:10
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10 Remove not the ancient landmark;
And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Proverbs 28:8
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8 One who increases his wealth by [a](A)interest of any kind,
Collects it (B)for one who is gracious to the poor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:8 Possibly interest on money and food loans
Proverbs 28:8
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8 He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase,
Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
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