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Proverbs 20

Prov. 20:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Divers weights
'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
'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
are an 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'}
unto 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
; and κa false
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
is not good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
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balances of deceit.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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weights.
Prov. 20:10• 10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. (Prov. 20:10)
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Ezek. 45:10• 10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. (Ezek. 45:10)
a false balance.
Heb. balances of deceit.
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• 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? (Amos 8:5)
• Divers weights are different tests for different things, according as they relate to oneself or not. One standard of righteousness, a true balance, with honest weights, should characterize the Christian. Frequently one finds these various weights applied in estimating the conduct of certain persons. We excuse in one, particularly in ourselves, what calls For severe judgment in the case of another. But in the scales of the sanctuary both are tested by the same weights. (“Proverbs Twenty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Divers weightsg are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

JND Translation Notes

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See ver. 10.