KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 16:11–13
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Proverbs 16:11
11A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
11*†A iust weight and ballance are the LORDs: all the weights of the bagge are his worke.
- Heb. all the stones.
- Leuit. 19.36. chap. 11.1.
Proverbs 16:12
12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickednesse: for the throne is established by righteousnesse.
Proverbs 16:13
13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
13Righteous lips are the delight of kings: and they loue him that speaketh right.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:11
In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Heaviness or a measured load; figuratively, a burden, importance, influence, force, or consequence.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A scale or weighing instrument by which weight, worth, or equality is tested.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Measures or objects used to determine heaviness; also the standards by which things are weighed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A flexible container or pouch used to carry or hold something.
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Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 16:12
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abomination
An object that excites loathing; hence, an idol.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A royal seat; by extension, sovereign rule or authority.
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MEANING IN THIS VERSE
established
Set firmly, founded, made stable, ordained, ratified, or confirmed in the matter spoken of.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:13
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 11
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Open the full verse study1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
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Open the full verse study10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
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Open the full verse study23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
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Open the full verse study13¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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Open the full verse study10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
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Open the full verse study7¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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Open the full verse study35¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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Open the full verse study5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
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Open the full verse study11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
From verse 12
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Open the full verse study5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
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Open the full verse study14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
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Open the full verse study48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
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Open the full verse study9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
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Open the full verse study16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
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Open the full verse study18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
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Open the full verse study4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
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Open the full verse study11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
From verse 13
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Open the full verse study35The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
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Open the full verse study11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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Open the full verse study5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
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