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Proverbs 16:11

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A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
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  1. Proverbs 11:1Rank 1 from verse 11
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    1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

  2. Proverbs 20:10Rank 2 from verse 11
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    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

  3. Proverbs 20:23Rank 3 from verse 11
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    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

  4. Deuteronomy 25:13–15Rank 4 from verse 11
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    13¶ 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.

  5. Ezekiel 45:10Rank 5 from verse 11
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    10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

  6. Hosea 12:7Rank 6 from verse 11
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    7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  7. Leviticus 19:35–36Rank 7 from verse 11
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    35¶ 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.

  8. Amos 8:5Rank 8 from verse 11
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    5Saying, 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?

  9. Micah 6:11Rank 9 from verse 11
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    11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

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Proverbs 16:11

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weight

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Sense 1: Heaviness or a measured load. Sense 2: Figuratively, a burden, importance, influence, force, or consequence.

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balance

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A pair of scales or other weighing instrument used to determine equality or difference of weight.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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weights

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Sense 1: Measures or objects used to determine heaviness. Sense 2: The standards by which things are weighed.

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bag

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A flexible container or pouch used to carry or hold something.

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

16:11A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

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