Proverbs 16:11
A just beam and balances [are] YHWH’s, || All the stones of the bag [are] His work.
Literal Standard 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
10An oath [is] on the lips of a king, || In judgment his mouth does not trespass.
12Doing wickedness [is] an abomination to kings, || For a throne is established by righteousness.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36you have righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin; I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
Proverbs 11:1Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
Proverbs 20:23A stone and a stone [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And balances of deceit [are] not good.
Hosea 12:7Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.
Micah 6:11Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
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 →