Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 16:11 affirms that just balances are the Lord's, echoing the same delight in honest weights.
Proverbs 20:23 repeats the warning against false scales, reinforcing the abomination of dishonest weights.
Proverbs 20:23 repeats the same teaching—false scales are an abomination to the Lord—reinforcing the wisdom theme.
Proverbs 12:22 pairs lying lips as an abomination with faithful action as delight — mirroring the same contrast with dishonest scales.
Proverbs 6:16 lists seven things the LORD hates as abominations — a broader context for the specific false balance condemned here.
Proverbs 17:15 condemns perverting justice as an abomination — a judicial parallel to the commercial injustice of false scales.
Leviticus 19:35 commands honest measures in judgment, grounding the proverb in the Mosaic law against injustice.
Leviticus 19:36 adds specific requirements for just balances and weights, directly echoing the proverb's concern.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16 condemns differing weights as an abomination, using the same key term as the proverb.
Ezekiel 45:10 commands just balances and measures, reinforcing the standard the proverb celebrates.
Hosea 12:7 accuses merchants of loving oppression through false balances, showing the social harm the proverb condemns.
Amos 8:5 exposes those who use false balances to cheat, illustrating the abomination of dishonest trade condemned in the proverb.
Micah 6:10 denounces scant measures as accursed, directly linking dishonest trade to divine judgment.
Micah 6:11 asks if God can acquit those with wicked scales, intensifying the proverb's warning.
Deuteronomy 25:16 directly condemns dishonest weights as an abomination — the very law echoed in this proverb.
Amos 8:6 depicts buying the poor with dishonest profits—the outcome of false balances implied in the proverb.