Proverbs 16:11
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Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.

just

Proverbs 11:1 Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

Proverbs 20:10,23 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God. . . .

Leviticus 19:35,36 Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure. . . .

Deuteronomy 25:13-15 Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less: . . .

Ezekiel 45:10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephi, and a just bate.

Hosea 12:7 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

Amos 8:5 Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Micah 6:11 Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?

weights

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
10Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment. 11Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.12They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.…
Cross References
Proverbs 11:1
Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

Ezekiel 45:10
You shall have just balances, and a just ephi, and a just bate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

in the bag
כִֽיס׃ (ḵîs)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property


Additional Translations
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.

The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

The just balance and scales are Jehovah'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 just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh'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.
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