Cross references
Proverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD,
but an accurate weight is His delight.
Proverbs 11:1 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 25:13–16 (23 votes) and Proverbs 16:11 (18 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 20 to 1 Thessalonians 4.
Which verses does Proverbs 11:1 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Deuteronomy 25:13–1623 votes
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. …
- Proverbs 16:1118 votes
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:2318 votes
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Leviticus 19:35–3617 votes
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Proverbs 20:1013 votes
Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
- Hosea 12:711 votes
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Amos 8:5–611 votes
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
- Ezekiel 45:10–1210 votes
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both. …
- Micah 6:10–118 votes
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Which verses point to Proverbs 11:1?
The 10 strongest of 22.