Proverbs 11:1

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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.	A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.	[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A false^H4820 balance^H3976 is abomination^H8441 to the LORD^H3068: but a just^H8003 weight^H68 is his delight^H7522.

Original Hebrew

מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה תֹּועֲבַת יְהוָה וְאֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה רְצֹונֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מֹאזְנֵ֣י	moz.Nei	H3976	HNcmdc	scales of
מִ֭רְמָה	Mir.mah	H4820	HNcfsa	deceit
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת	to.'a.Vat	H8441	HNcfsc	(are) (the) abomination of
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
וְ/אֶ֖בֶן	ve./'E.ven	H68	HC/Ncfsa	and/ a weight
שְׁלֵמָ֣ה	she.le.Mah	H8003	HAafsa	perfect
רְצוֹנֽ/וֹ	re.tzo.N/o	H7522	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	(is) pleasure/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H3976 — מֹאזֵן (môʼzên, mo-zane'): from אָזַן; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances.
H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
H7522 — רָצוֹן (râtsôwn, raw-tsone'): or רָצֹן; from רָצָה; delight (especially as shown); (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
H8003 — שָׁלֵם (shâlêm, shaw-lame'): from שָׁלַם; complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly; full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.
H8441 — תּוֹעֵבַה (tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'): or תֹּעֵבַה; feminine active participle of תַּעָב; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol; abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

A false balance is — Leviticus 19:35-36, Deuteronomy 25:13-16, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23, Hosea 12:7, Amos 8:5-6, Micah 6:10-11
a just weight — Proverbs 16:11, Ezekiel 45:10-12

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: BUSINESS LIFE
Nave’s: ABOMINATION, BALANCES, DISHONESTY, HONESTY, MEASURE, WEIGHTS

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