New King James Version
Proverbs 16:11
11Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The Lord demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
Context of Proverbs 16:11
9A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. 10Divination is on the lips of the king; His mouth must not transgress in judgment. Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work. 12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, For a throne is established by righteousness. 13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And they love him who speaks what is right.
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 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 20:10Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
- Leviticus 19:35‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume.
- Deuteronomy 25:13“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.
- Ezekiel 45:10“You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.
- Hosea 12:7“A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; He loves to oppress.
- Amos 8:5Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,
- Micah 6:11Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful 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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