Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and scales are the appointment of the LORD; All the weights of the bag are his work.
Noyes 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 sentence is upon the lips of a king; His mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
12The doing of wickedness is an abomination to kings; For by righteousness is the throne established.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:1False scales are an abomination to the LORD; But a perfect weight is his delight.
Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false balance is not good.
Hosea 12:7He is a Canaanite; in his hands are the balances of deceit; He loveth to oppress.
Micah 6:11Shall I count her pure with the wicked 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 →