Proverbs 16:11
A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.
Young's Literal Translation
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 oath [is] on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.
12An abomination to kings [is] doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:36righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
Proverbs 11:1Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
Proverbs 20:23An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.
Hosea 12:7Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Micah 6:11Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
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 →