Proverbs 16:11 - The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD

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The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
…10A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice. 11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern. 12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.…

Cross References

Proverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.Ezekiel 45:10
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.

Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 20:10,23
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD…

Leviticus 19:35,36
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure…

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Proverbs 16

1. The Plans of the heart

(11) A just weight and balance are the Lord's.--See above on Proverbs 11:1.

Verse 11. - A just weight and balance are the Lord's (Proverbs 11:1); literally, the balance and scales of justice (are) the Lord's. They come under his law, are subject to the Divine ordinances which regulate all man's dealings. The great principles of truth end justice govern all the transactions of buying and selling; religion enters into the business of trading, and weights and measures are sacred things. Vulgate, "The weights and the balance are judgments of the Lord;" being true and fair, they are regarded as God's judgment. Septuagint, "The turn of the balance is justice before God." All the weights of the bag are his work. Some have round a difficulty here, because the bag may contain false as well as true weights (Deuteronomy 25:13), and it could not be said that the light weights were the Lord's work. This surely is captious criticism. The maxim merely states that the trader's weights take their origin and authority from God's enactment, from certain eternal principles which he has established. What man's chicanery and fraud make of them does not come into view. (For the law that regulates such matters, see Leviticus 19:35, etc.) That cheating in this respect was not uncommon we learn from the complaints of the prophets, as Micah 6:11. The religious character of the standard weights and measures is shown by the term "shekel of the sanctuary" (Exodus 38:24, and elsewhere continually). Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

Honest
מִ֭שְׁפָּט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

scales
פֶּ֤לֶס ׀ (pe·les)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6425: A balance, scale

and balances
וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י (ū·mō·zə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - mdc
Strong's 3976: A pair of scales

[are from] the LORD;
לַֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the weights
אַבְנֵי־ (’aḇ·nê-)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 68: A stone

in the bag
כִֽיס׃ (ḵîs)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3599: A cup, a bag for, money, weights

are His concern.
מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ (ma·‘ă·śê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

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