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Proverbs 20:23–24

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Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
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From verse 23

  1. Proverbs 20:10Rank 1 from verse 23
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    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

  2. Hosea 12:7Rank 2 from verse 23
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    7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  3. Ezekiel 45:10Rank 3 from verse 23
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    10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

  4. Proverbs 11:1Rank 4 from verse 23
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    1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

  5. Amos 8:5Rank 5 from verse 23
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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?

From verse 24

  1. Proverbs 16:9Rank 1 from verse 24
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    9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

  2. Jeremiah 10:23Rank 2 from verse 24
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    23¶ O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

  3. Psalms 25:12Rank 3 from verse 24
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    12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

  4. Psalms 37:23Rank 4 from verse 24
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    23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

  5. Psalms 25:4Rank 5 from verse 24
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    4Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

  6. Proverbs 14:8Rank 6 from verse 24
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  7. Daniel 5:23Rank 7 from verse 24
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    23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  8. Acts 17:28Rank 8 from verse 24
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    28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  9. Isaiah 10:6–7Rank 9 from verse 24
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    6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

    7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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Proverbs 20:23

COMBINED MEANING

weights

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Sense 1: Measures or objects used to determine heaviness. Sense 2: The standards by which things are weighed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

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

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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

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Proverbs 20:24

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

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20:24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

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20:25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

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