Proverbs 16:11
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Darby Translation
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
10An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.
12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
Hosea 12:7[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Micah 6:11Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the 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 →