Proverbs 16:11
A just weight and balance 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.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. all the stones.
- *Cross-referenceLeuit. 19.36. chap. 11.1.
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- Proverbs 11:1Rank 1 from verse 11
- Proverbs 20:10Rank 2 from verse 11
- Proverbs 20:23Rank 3 from verse 11
- Deuteronomy 25:13–15Rank 4 from verse 11
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.
13¶ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge †diuers weights, a great, and a small.
14Thou shalt not haue in thine house †diuers measures, a great, and a small.
15 But thou shalt haue a perfect and iust weight, a perfect and iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may bee lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee.
- Ezekiel 45:10Rank 5 from verse 11
- Hosea 12:7Rank 6 from verse 11
- Leviticus 19:35–36Rank 7 from verse 11
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.
35¶ Ye shall doe no vnrighteousnes in iudgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36*Iust ballances, iust †weights, a iust Ephah, and a iust Hin shall ye haue: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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?
5Saying, When will the ‖newe Moone be gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that wee may †set forth wheat, making the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and †falsifying the balances by deceit?
- Micah 6:11Rank 9 from verse 11
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Proverbs 16:11
Right, righteous, upright, equitable, lawful, or fair.
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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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A pair of scales or other weighing instrument used to determine equality or difference of weight.
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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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Sense 1: Measures or objects used to determine heaviness. Sense 2: The standards by which things are weighed.
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A flexible container or pouch used to carry or hold something.
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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.
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16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
16:10†A diuine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in iudgement.
16:11A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
16:11*†A iust weight and ballance are the LORDs: all the weights of the bagge are his worke.
Selected passage16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickednesse: for the throne is established by righteousnesse.