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

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

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Better a little with righteousness
    than great profits without justice.

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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

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

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

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

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10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into 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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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

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

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