John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ,.... See Gill on Proverbs 20:10 ; which is here repeated for the further confirmation of it, and that it might be taken notice of and avoided; and perhaps this sin of using false weights and measures was common with the Jews; and a false balance is not good ; in the sight of God; but an abomination, as in Proverbs 11:1 ; nor is it good for men in the issue; for though they may gain by it at present, it will prove a loss to them in... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 20:23
This is to the same purport with what was said Prov. 20:20. 1. It is here repeated, because it is a sin that God doubly hates (as lying, which is of the same nature with this sin, is mentioned twice among the seven things that God hates, Prov. 6:17, 19), and because it was probably a sin very much practised at that time in Israel, and therefore made light of as if there were no harm in it, under pretence that, being commonly used, there was no trading without it. 2. It is here added, A false... read more