Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
In Context
10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36Ye shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 20:23Diverse weights are an abomination to LORD, and a FALSE balance is not good.
Hosea 12:7[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
Micah 6:11Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:11
The Duties of Kings. 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. We wish this were always true as a proposition, and we ought to make it our prayer for kings, and all in authority, that a divine sentence may be in their lips, both in giving orders, that they may do that in wisdom, and in giving sentence, that they may do that in equity, both which are included in judgment, and that in neither their mouth may transgress, 1 Tim. ii. 1 . But it is often otherwise; and… Read the whole commentary →