Proverbs 11:1
New American Standard Bible
Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
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Proverbs 11:1
Lexham English Bible
11 Balances of deceit are an abomination of Yahweh,
but an accurate weight[a] delights him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:1 Literally “a full stone” or “a pure stone”
Proverbs 16:8
New American Standard Bible
8 Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8
Lexham English Bible
8 Better is little with righteousness
than great income with no justice.
Proverbs 20:23
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:23 Lit A stone and a stone
- Proverbs 20:23 Lit balance of deceit
Proverbs 20:23
Lexham English Bible
23 An abomination of Yahweh is a stone and a weight,[a]
and scales of falsehood are not good.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:23 Literally “a stone and a stone”
Proverbs 22:28
New American Standard Bible
28 (A)Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:28
Lexham English Bible
28 Do not remove an ancient boundary marker
which your ancestors[a] made.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:28 Or “fathers”
Proverbs 23:10
New American Standard Bible
10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23:10
Lexham English Bible
10 Do not remove an ancient boundary marker,
and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;
Proverbs 28:8
New American Standard Bible
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
Lexham English Bible
8 He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
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