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Proverbs 16:11
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The Lord demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
A just balance and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
The Lord wants honest balances and scales; all the weights are his work.
A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.
Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights in the bag are his work.
A just balance and [honest] scales are the LORD'S; All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
A just balance and scales are the Lord 's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
The domes of the Lord ben weiyte and a balaunce; and hise werkis ben alle the stoonys of the world.
A just balance and scales are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
The Lord doesn't like it when we cheat in business.
A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
The balance and scales of justice have their origin in Adonai ; all the weights in the bag are his doing.
The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
The Lord wants all scales and balances to be right; he wants all business agreements to be fair.
A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are His work.
A iust weight and ballance are the Lords: all the weights of the bagge are his worke.
What is fair in telling the weight of something belongs to the Lord. He cares about all the weights of the bag.
Honest balances and scales are the Lord 's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.
The weight of a just balance is the LORDS judgment; all his works are just weights.
The Lord wants weights and measures to be honest and every sale to be fair.
The balance and scales of justice, belong to Yahweh, and, his handiwork, are all the weights of the bag.
Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
A just balance and scales are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.
The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.
Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;all the weights in the bag are his concern.
Honest balances and scales are the LORD's; All the weights in the bag are his work.
A just weight and balance are the Lord 's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
A balance and scales of justice belong to Yahweh; all the weights of the bag are his work.
A just scale and balances are to Jehovah, all the stones of the bag are His work.
A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.
A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.
God cares about honesty in the workplace; your business is his business.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
Honest weights and scales are the LORD's; All the weights in the bag are His work.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
A just balance and scales belong to Yahweh;All the weights of the bag are His work.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
just: Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23, Leviticus 19:35, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 25:13-15, Ezekiel 45:10, Hosea 12:7, Amos 8:5, Micah 6:11
weight: Heb. stones
Reciprocal: Job 31:6 - Let me be weighed in an even balance Philippians 4:8 - are just 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - go
Cross-References
God said, "No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, "I asked the Lord for him.
Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.
For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A just weight and balance [are] the Lord's,.... These are of his devising; what he has put into the heart, of men to contrive and make use of, for the benefit of mankind, for the keeping and maintaining truth and justice in commercial affairs; these are of his appointing, commanding, and approving, Leviticus 19:35;
all the weights of the bag [are] his work; or, "all the stones" h; greater or smaller, which were formerly used in weighing, and were kept in a bag for that purpose; these are by the Lord's appointment and order. This may be applied to the Scriptures of truth, which are of God; are the balance of the sanctuary, in which every doctrine is to be weighed and tried; what agrees with them is to be received, and what is found wanting is to be rejected. The Targum is,
"his works, all of them, are weights of truth.''
h ××× × "lapides", Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, Mercerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See Proverbs 11:1 note. People are not to think that trade lies outside the divine law. God has commanded there also all that belongs to truth and right.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 16:11. All the weights of the bag are his — Alluding, probably, to the standard weights laid up in a bag in the sanctuary, and to which all weights in common use in the land were to be referred, in order to ascertain whether they were just: but some think the allusion is to the weights carried about by merchants in their girdles, by which they weigh the money, silver and gold, that they take in exchange for their merchandise. As the Chinese take no coin but gold and silver by weight, they carry about with them a sort of small steelyard, by which they weigh those metals taken in exchange.
