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Proverbs 11

Prov. 11:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A ηfalse
mirmah (Hebrew #4820)
fraud
KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Pronounce: meer-maw'
Origin: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving
balance
mo'zen (Hebrew #3976)
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
KJV usage: balances.
Pronounce: mo-zane'
Origin: from 239
t is abomination
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
to the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: but a κjust
shalem (Hebrew #8003)
complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly
KJV usage: full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.
Pronounce: shaw-lame'
Origin: from 7999
weight
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
is his delight
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
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balances of deceit.
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Deut. 25:13‑16• 13Thou 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. (Deut. 25:13‑16)
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perfect stone.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 16:11• 11A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work. (Prov. 16:11)
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Prov. 20:10,23• 10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
 23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good. (Prov. 20:10,23)
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Lev. 19:35‑36• 35Ye 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. (Lev. 19:35‑36)
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Deut. 25:13‑16• 13Thou 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. (Deut. 25:13‑16)
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Hos. 12:7• 7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. (Hos. 12:7)
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Amos 8:5‑6• 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? (Amos 8:5‑6)
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Mic. 6:10‑11• 10Are 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? (Mic. 6:10‑11)
a just weight.
Heb. a perfect stone.
Prov. 16:11• 11A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work. (Prov. 16:11)
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Ezek. 45:10‑12• 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. (Ezek. 45:10‑12)
• Righteousness and lawlessness in contrast is the subject of this chapter, as of the major part of the last. (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)
• The balances of earth our God would have regulated by the balances of the sanctuary. Absolute integrity is His delight. (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)
• (Deut. 25:13-15). Such was God’s standard for an earthly people. How shameful when a heavenly people fall below it! (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a justp weight is his delight.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "perfect." lit. "whole," "full."