Proverbs 16:11
A just weight and balance are Hashemʼs, 1 all the weights of the bag are His concern. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 kesem (oracle) is on the sfatayim (lips) of Melech, 1 his peh (mouth) must not betray mishpat. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36Tzedek scales, tzedek weights, a tzedek ephah, and a tzedek hin, shall ye have: I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you out of Eretz Mitzrayim.
Proverbs 11:1A balance of mirmah (dishonesty, deception) is abomination to Hashem, 1 but an even shelemah (perfect stone, just weight) is His ratzon. 1
Proverbs 20:23Differing weights are a to'evah unto Hashem, 1 and scales of mirmah (deceit) are not tov. 1
Hosea 12:7Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha; 1 be shomer over chesed and mishpat 1 and wait on Eloheicha tamid (continually). 1
Micah 6:11Shall I acquit the one with dishonest scales, 1 and with the bag of mirmah (deceitful) weights? + 6:11 T.N. see Moshiach without mirmah, Isa 53:9 1
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 →