Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 11:1

1. A false balance is abomination to the LORD : but a just weight is his delight.

The use of all false weights and measures in commerce.

i. e. Highly abominable, as the abstract signifies; which is opposed to the false opinion of men who account it a fineness of wit, or, at worst, but a trivial fault.

Partly because this wickedness is acted under a colour of Justice; and partly because it is destructive to humane Society, and especially to the poor, whose Patron the Lord owneth himself to be.

Marginal references: Lev. 19. 35, 36. Deut. 25. 13, 15, 16. Chap. 16. 11. & 20. 10, 23.; Heb. ballances of deceit.; Heb. perfect stone.