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11 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
    but accurate weights are his delight.

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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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Better is a little with righteousness,
    than great revenues with injustice.

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

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23 Yahweh detests differing weights,
    and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

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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

28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
    which your fathers have set up.

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

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10 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
    Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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

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He who increases his wealth by excessive interest
    gathers it for one who has pity on 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