Proverbs 20:23

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abomination, &c. See note on Proverbs 3:32 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good. Ver. 23. Divers weights are an abomination. ] In righting an...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the L ORD ; and a false balance is not good. This is to the same purport with what was...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; of which See Poole on " Proverbs 20:10 " . Is not good; is very wicked and hateful to God and m...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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

And a false balance is not good. False balance applied to providences We may apply a false balance to the providences which make up our life. W...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 23. Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord, and a false balance is not good. Cf v. 10.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:5 ; Ezekiel 45:10 ; Hosea 12:7 ; Proverbs 20:10

²³ Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a falseg balance is not good.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:23

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

Proverbs 20:23