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Proverbs 20:23
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Proverbs 20:23
23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
23††Diuers waights are an abomination vnto the LORD: and a false ballance is not good.
- Verse 10.
- Hebr. ballances of deceit.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 20:23
Different, various, or several.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Measures or objects used to determine heaviness; also the standards by which things are weighed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
abomination
An object that excites loathing; hence, an idol.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A scale or weighing instrument by which weight, worth, or equality is tested.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
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Open the full verse study7¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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Open the full verse study10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
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Open the full verse study1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
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Open the full verse study5Saying, 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?
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