A false balance. False balances.
abomination. See note on Proverbs 3:32.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
weight. stone. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the weight it represents. This proverb is repeated three times (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Proverbs 20:23). Compare Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:13-15, and Micah 6:11. There was. royal standard (2 Samuel 14:26).