Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales come from Yahweh; 1 all the weights in the bag are his work. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
10Insightful decisions are on the lips of a king, 1 his mouth should not betray justice. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36You must use just scales, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1Yahweh hates scales that are not accurate, 1 but he delights in a precise weight. 1
Proverbs 20:23Yahweh hates unequal weights 1 and dishonest scales are not good. 1
Hosea 12:7The merchants have false scales in their hands; 1 they love to defraud. 1
Micah 6:11Should I consider a person to be innocent if he uses fraudulent scales, 1 with a bag of deceptive weights? 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 →