Proverbs 16:11

¶ A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.

A just {H4941} weight {H6425} and balance {H3976} are the LORD'S {H3068}: all the weights {H68} of the bag {H3599} are his work {H4639}.

The balance and scales of justice have their origin in ADONAI; all the weights in the bag are his doing.

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 11:1 (8 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 20:10 (5 votes)

    ¶ Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.

  • Ezekiel 45:10 (3 votes)

    Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

  • Leviticus 19:35 (3 votes)

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Leviticus 19:36 (3 votes)

    Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Hosea 12:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ [He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  • Deuteronomy 25:13 (3 votes)

    ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.