Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Berean Standard Bible
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 verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Proverbs 20:23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Micah 6:11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false 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 →