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Proverbs 16:11
11A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s; All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
Proverbs 16:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- New International Version (NIV)Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are of his making.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.
Context of Proverbs 16:11
9A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them. 10A divine decision [given by God] is on the lips of the king [as His representative]; His mouth should not be unfaithful or unjust in judgment. A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s; All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles]. 12It is repulsive [to God and man] for kings to behave wickedly, For a throne is established on righteousness (right standing with God). 13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And he who speaks right is loved.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:11 word by word
פֶּ֤לֶס׀ וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ כָּל־אַבְנֵי־כִֽיס׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:11
- Proverbs 11:1A false balance and dishonest business practices are extremely offensive to the Lord, But an accurate scale is His delight.
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures, Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
- Leviticus 19:35‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.
- Deuteronomy 25:13“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].
- Ezekiel 45:10“You shall have just balances and weights [on your scales and just measures], a just ephah [dry volume measure] and a just bath [liquid measure].
- Hosea 12:7A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances; He loves to oppress and exploit.
- Amos 8:5saying, “When will the New Moon [festival] be over So that we may sell grain, And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market, Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price] And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
- Micah 6:11Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales And a bag of dishonest weights?
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11All the weights of the bag are his - Alluding, probably, to the standard weights laid up in a bag in the sanctuary, and to which all weights in common use in the land were to be referred, in order to ascertain whether they were just: but some think the allusion is to the weights carried about by merchants in their girdles, by which they weigh the money, silver and gold, that they take in exchange for their merchandise. As the Chinese take no coin but gold…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11See Proverbs 11:1 note. People are not to think that trade lies outside the divine law. God has commanded there also all that belongs to truth and right.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11Verse 11 To observe justice in dealings between man and man is God's appointment.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11This proverb's message appears four times in the collection (see Proverbs 11:1; 20:10, 23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. are the Lord's ... his work--that is, what He has ordered, and hence should be observed by men.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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