Proverbs 20:10

Divers — One greater for shew and one lesser for use.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Proverbs 11:1 : Here perhaps, as a companion to Proverbs 20:9 , with a wider application to all judging one man by rules which we do not app...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Differing weights, [and] differing measures, both of (e) them [are] alike abomination to the LORD. (e) Read ( Proverbs 16:11 ).
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self chara...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

weights... measures. Hebrew "a stone and. stone, an ephah and an ephah". Ephah put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all ki...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Divers weights and divers measures - A peise and a peise; -...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Divers weights - Hebrew, 'a stone and a stone' - i:e., o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Divers weights and divers measures ... — See above on Proverbs 11:1 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balan...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sobriety; Industry; Honesty Proverbs 20:1-15 Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains an influence over men by fai...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Divers weights, [and] divers measures ,.... Or, "a stone and a stone, and an ephah and an ephah" d. Stones being in old time used in weighing, and a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD. Ver. 10. Divers weights, and divers measures, &c. ]...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the L ORD . See here, 1. The various arts of decei...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Divers weights and divers measures; one greater and true for public show, and one lesser and false for private use, when they had an opportunity of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:6 . Miller reads the first clause of this verse, “ Much of the mere man one calls his goodness ,” i.e. , “Much that...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with...
The Biblical Illustrator

Divers weights and divers measures; both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. Caveat venditor I. Dishonesty in trade is various in its fo...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 10. Divers weights, stones as they were used for weights in balances, and divers measures, the reference being not only to the vessels used in...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:4-7 ; Deuteronomy 25:13 ; Deuteronomy 25:13-15 ; Deuteronomy 7:25 ; Deuteronomy 7:26 ; Leviticus 19:35 ; Micah 6:10 ; Micah 6:11 ; Pr...

¹⁰ Divers weights,c and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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