Proverbs 16:11
A true weight and balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not transgresse in iudgement.
12It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lord your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.
Proverbs 20:23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.
Hosea 12:7He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.
Micah 6:11Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
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 →