<< Proverbs 16:11 >>

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Honest balances and scales belong to the LORD. He made the entire set of weights.

King James Bible
A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Jump to Previous Occurrence
Bag Balance Balances Beam Belong Concern Honest Jehovah's LORD's Making Measures Scales Stones True. Weight Weights Work

Jump to Next Occurrence
Bag Balance Balances Beam Belong Concern Honest Jehovah's LORD's Making Measures Scales Stones True. Weight Weights Work

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Verse 11

Note, 1. The administration of public justice by the magistrate is an ordinance of God; in it the scales are held, and ought to be held by a steady and impartial hand; and we ought to submit to it, for the Lord's sake, and to see his authority in that of the magistrate, Rom. 13:1; 1 Pt. 2:13. 2. The observance of justice in commerce between man and man is likewise a divine appointment. He taught men discretion to make scales and weights for the adjusting of right exactly between buyer and seller, that neither may be wronged; and all other useful inventions for the preserving of right are from him. He has also appointed by his law that they be just. It is therefore a great affront to him, and to his government, to falsify, and so to do wrong under colour and pretence of doing right, which is wickedness in the place of judgment.

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Alphabetical: A all and are bag balance balances belong concern from his Honest in just LORD making of scales the to weights

Bible Browser