Proverbs 16:11

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Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are His making.

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  • Prov 11:1 : 1 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Differing weights and differing measures—both are detestable to the Lord.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and deceitful scales are not good.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 You must have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit?
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity. 36 Use honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one. 14 Do not have two differing measures in your house, a large one and a small one. 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.

  • Prov 20:23
    81%

    23Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and deceitful scales are not good.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10Differing weights and differing measures—both are detestable to the Lord.

    11Even a young person is known by their actions—whether their conduct is pure and upright.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable?

    11Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.

    36Use honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 16:10
    77%

    10A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13Do not have two differing weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one.

    14Do not have two differing measures in your house, a large one and a small one.

    15You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

    16For anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly, is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1To humans belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

    2All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

    3Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10You must have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

    11The measurements for the ephah and the bath shall be the same: both will be one-tenth of a homer. The homer will be the standard measure.

  • Ps 111:7
    73%

    7The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.

  • Job 28:25
    73%

    25When He gave weight to the wind and measured the waters by measure,

  • Prov 21:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1The king's heart is like streams of water in the hand of the LORD; He directs it wherever He pleases.

    2Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

    3To do righteousness and justice is preferred by the LORD rather than sacrifice.

  • Prov 16:12
    73%

    12Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established by righteousness.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6let God weigh me with honest scales, and He will know my integrity.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

    33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7The path of the righteous is level; You, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

  • Ps 33:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4For the word of the Lord is upright, and all His works are done in faithfulness.

    5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the Lord’s faithful love.

  • Ps 145:17
    71%

    17The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3'Do not keep speaking so arrogantly or let proud words come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.'

  • Isa 40:12
    70%

    12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.

  • Ezra 8:34
    70%

    34Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.

  • Job 6:2
    69%

    2If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales!

  • Ps 111:3
    69%

    3Splendor and majesty are His work, and His righteousness endures forever.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.

  • Ps 99:4
    69%

    4The Mighty King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

  • 1 Chr 16:14
    69%

    14He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6They pour out gold from their purses and weigh silver on a scale. They hire a craftsman to make it into a god, and they bow down and even worship it.

  • Prov 17:15
    68%

    15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the Lord.

  • Deut 16:20
    68%

    20Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Zech 5:8
    68%

    8He said, 'This is wickedness,' and he pushed her back into the basket and placed the lead cover over its mouth.

  • Ps 9:16
    68%

    16The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.

  • Ps 103:6
    68%

    6The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.

  • Dan 5:27
    68%

    27Tekel means that you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14The LORD supports all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.

  • Ps 129:4
    68%

    4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before you,