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Proverbs 16:11 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verse 11
A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.Proverbs 16:11 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:11 in context
9A 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.
11A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12It 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- balancemôʼzêna pair of scalesH3976 →
- weightsʼebena stoneH68 →
- weightpeleça balanceH6425 →
- LORD'SYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- justmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- bagkîyça cupH3599 →
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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; Pe1 2:13. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary