the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Proverbs 16:11
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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 just balance 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.
The Lord wants honest balances and scales; all the weights 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].
Honest balances and scales are Yahweh'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.
A just balance and scales belong to Yahweh;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.
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.
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.
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 true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.
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.
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.
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.
A just balance and scales are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
A just balance and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
A just weight and balance [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 handiwork.
Honest weights and scales are the LORD's; All the weights in the bag are His work.
The Lord demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
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.
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 just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.
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.
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
And the Lord seide to Abraham, Sara, thi wijf, schal bere a sone to thee, and thou schalt clepe his name Ysaac, and Y schal make my couenaunt to hym in to euerlastynge boond of pees, and to his seed aftir hym;
To whom the Lord seide, Y seiy the affliccion of my puple in Egipt, and Y herde the cry therof, for the hardnesse of hem that ben souereyns of werkis.
Therfor the cry of the sones of Israel cam to me, and Y seiy the turment of hem, bi which thei ben oppressid of Egipcians.
And it was doon after the cumpas of daies, Anna conseyuede, and childide a sone, and sche clepide his name Samuel; for sche hadde axid hym of the Lord.
Who makith redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis?
Al the seed of Israel drede hym; for he forsook not, nethir dispiside the preier of a pore man. Nethir he turnede awei his face fro me; and whanne Y criede to hym, he herde me.
For this thing the Lord hym silf schal yyue a signe to you. Lo! a virgyn schal conseyue, and schal bere a sone; and his name schal be clepid Emanuel.
And the aungel seide to hym, Zacarie, drede thou not; for thi preyer is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wijf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid Joon.
Lo! thou schalt conceyue in wombe, and schalt bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Jhesus.
And he axynge a poyntil, wroot, seiynge, Joon is his name.
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.
