Proverbs 16:11 · KJV
“A just weight and balance {are} the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag {are} his work. {the weights: Heb. the stones}”
— Proverbs 16:11
A divine sentence {is} in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. {A divine...: Heb. Divination}
{It is} an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 16 — Context
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10A divine sentence {is} in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. {A divine...: Heb. Divination}
11A just weight and balance {are} the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag {are} his work. {the weights: Heb. the stones}
12{It is} an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13Righteous lips {are} the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance {is} abomination to the LORD: but a just weight {is} his delight. {A false...: Heb. Balances of deceit} {just...: Heb. perfect stone}
Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, {and} divers measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. {Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}
Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights {are} an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance {is} not good. {a false...: Heb. balance of deceit}
Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Leviticus 19:35-36
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Hosea 12:7
{He is} a merchant, the balances of deceit {are} in his hand: he loveth to oppress. {a merchant: or, Canaan} {oppress: or, deceive}
Deuteronomy 25:13-15
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. {divers...: Heb. a stone and a stone}
Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? {new...: or, month} {set...: Heb. open} {falsifying...: Heb. perverting the balances of deceit}