Proverbs 11:1
New Living Translation
11 The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales,
but he delights in accurate weights.
Proverbs 11:1
New American Standard Bible
Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
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Proverbs 16:8
New Living Translation
8 Better to have little, with godliness,
than to be rich and dishonest.
Proverbs 16:8
New American Standard Bible
8 Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income with injustice.
Proverbs 20:23
New Living Translation
23 The Lord detests double standards;
he is not pleased by dishonest scales.
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 22:28
New Living Translation
28 Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers
set up by previous generations.
Proverbs 22:28
New American Standard Bible
28 (A)Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:10
New Living Translation
10 Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
Proverbs 23:10
New American Standard Bible
10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 28:8
New Living Translation
8 Income from charging high interest rates
will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.
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
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