Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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Barnes' Notes
This emphatic reproduction of the old rule of Deu 25:13-14 is perhaps a trace of the danger of dishonesty incidental to the growing commerce of the Israelites. The stress laid upon the same sin in Pro…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a just weight Lit. a full, or perfect stone, from the early use of stones as weights. So Eng. stone; Germ, stein. It is an enactment of the Mosaic Law here repeated and enforced: Deu 25:13; Deu 25:16;…
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