Proverbs 16:11
True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Bible in Basic English
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
10Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.
12Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
Proverbs 11:1Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
Proverbs 20:23Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
Hosea 12:7\12:6\So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
Micah 6:11Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
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 →