Proverbs 16:11
The balance and scales of justice, belong to Yahweh, and, his handiwork, are all the weights of the bag.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 oracle, is on the lips of a king, in giving sentence, his mouth must not be unfaithful.
12The abomination of kings, is to work lawlessness, for, by righteousness, is established a throne.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin, shall ye have,—I—Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 11:1A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.
Proverbs 20:23An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.
Hosea 12:7A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.
Micah 6:11Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with 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 →