John Trapp on Proverbs 11:1

CHAP. XI. Verſ. 1. A falſe Ballance is abomination]

SEe the Notes on Lev. 19.36. Deut. 25.15. This kinde of fraud falls heavieſt upon the poor, Amos 8.5. who are fain to fetch in every thing by the penny. Hither may bee referred corruptions in Courts, and partialities in Church-buſineſſes. See that tremend charge to do nothing by partiality, or by tilting the ballance,Hoſ. 12.7. 1 Tim. 5.21. Thoſe that have the ballances of deceit in their hand are called Canaanites (ſo the Hebrew hath it) that is, meer natural men, Ezek. 16.3. that have no goodneſs in them, no not common honeſty; they do not as they would bee done by, which very Heathens condemned.