Proverbs 16:11
Weights and scales are judgments of the Lord. And all the stones in the bag are his work.
Catholic Public Domain 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
10Foreknowledge is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not err in judgment.
12Those who act impiously are abominable to the king. For the throne is made firm by justice.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36Let the scales be just and the weights equal, let the dry measure be just and the liquid measure be equal. I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.
Proverbs 20:23Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.
Hosea 12:7Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.
Micah 6:11Shall I justify unfaithful balances, and the deceitful weighing of a small bag?
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 →