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Proverbs 11:1–4

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A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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From verse 1

  1. Deuteronomy 25:13–16Rank 1 from verse 1
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    13¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

    14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

    15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

    16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

  2. Proverbs 16:11Rank 2 from verse 1
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    11A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

  3. Proverbs 20:23Rank 3 from verse 1
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    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

  4. Leviticus 19:35–36Rank 4 from verse 1
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    35¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

    36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  5. Proverbs 20:10Rank 5 from verse 1
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    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

  6. Hosea 12:7Rank 6 from verse 1
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    7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  7. Amos 8:5–6Rank 7 from verse 1
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    5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

    6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

  8. Ezekiel 45:10–12Rank 8 from verse 1
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    10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

    11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

    12And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

  9. Micah 6:10–11Rank 9 from verse 1
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    10¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

    11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

From verse 2

  1. Proverbs 29:23Rank 1 from verse 2
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    23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

  2. Proverbs 16:18–19Rank 2 from verse 2
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    18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

    19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

  3. Luke 18:14Rank 3 from verse 2
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    14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  4. Proverbs 15:33Rank 4 from verse 2
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    33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

  5. Proverbs 18:12Rank 5 from verse 2
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    12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

  6. Proverbs 3:34–35Rank 6 from verse 2
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    34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

    35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  7. 1 Corinthians 8:1–2Rank 7 from verse 2
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    1NOW as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

    2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

  8. Luke 14:8–11Rank 8 from verse 2
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    8When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

    9And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

    10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

    11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  9. Daniel 4:30–32Rank 9 from verse 2
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    30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

    31While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

    32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

From verse 3

  1. Proverbs 28:18Rank 1 from verse 3
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    18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  2. Proverbs 13:6Rank 2 from verse 3
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    6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  3. Psalms 25:21Rank 3 from verse 3
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    21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

  4. Psalms 26:1Rank 4 from verse 3
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    1JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

  5. John 7:17Rank 5 from verse 3
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    17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  6. Proverbs 19:3Rank 6 from verse 3
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    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

  7. Ecclesiastes 7:17Rank 7 from verse 3
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    17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

  8. Proverbs 11:5Rank 8 from verse 3
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    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  9. Isaiah 1:28Rank 9 from verse 3
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    28¶ And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

  10. Proverbs 21:7Rank 10 from verse 3
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    7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

From verse 4

  1. Proverbs 10:2Rank 1 from verse 4
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  2. Zephaniah 1:18Rank 2 from verse 4
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    18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

  3. Genesis 7:1Rank 3 from verse 4
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    1AND the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

  4. Ezekiel 7:19Rank 4 from verse 4
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    19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  5. 1 Timothy 4:8Rank 5 from verse 4
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    8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

  6. Psalms 49:6–8Rank 6 from verse 4
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    6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

    7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

    8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

  7. Luke 12:20Rank 7 from verse 4
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    20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

  8. Matthew 16:26Rank 8 from verse 4
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    26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  9. Job 36:18–19Rank 9 from verse 4
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    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

    19Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  10. Proverbs 12:28Rank 10 from verse 4
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    28In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

  11. Romans 5:17Rank 11 from verse 4
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    17For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 11:1

COMBINED MEANING

false

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Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

balance

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A pair of scales or other weighing instrument used to determine equality or difference of weight.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

weight

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Sense 1: Heaviness or a measured load. Sense 2: Figuratively, a burden, importance, influence, force, or consequence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

delight

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Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 11:2

COMBINED MEANING

pride

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1. Self-exaltation, arrogance, haughtiness, or vaunted strength. 2. Splendour, glory, or that in which one glories.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

lowly

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Having a low esteem of one’s own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 11:3

COMBINED MEANING

upright

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1. Honest, just, or morally right; also a person so characterized. 2. Straight, erect, or standing up.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

guide

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1. To lead or direct in a way, course, action, or understanding. 2. One who leads or directs another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

destroy

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Sense 1: To ruin, demolish, consume, or lay waste. Sense 2: To kill or cut off. Sense 3: To cause a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Proverbs 11:4

COMBINED MEANING

profit

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Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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10:32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

11:1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

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11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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11:4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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