Proverbs 16:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite?
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes?
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure. 36 True balaunces, true wayghtes, a true Epha, and a true Hin shal ye haue: I am the Lorde your GOD whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small: 14 Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

  • Prov 20:23
    81%

    23Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.

    11A chylde is knowen by his conuersation, whether his workes be pure and right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable?

    11Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes?

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure.

    36True balaunces, true wayghtes, a true Epha, and a true Hin shal ye haue: I am the Lorde your GOD whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Prov 16:10
    77%

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small:

    14Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small.

    15But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

    16For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

    2A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.

    3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

    11The Ephah and the Bath shalbe alyke: one Bath shall containe the tenth parte of an Homer, and an Ephah the tenth part of an Homer: the equalitie thereof shalbe after the Homer.

  • Ps 111:7
    73%

    7The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement: all his commaundementes are true.

  • Job 28:25
    73%

    25When he wayed the windes and measured the waters:

  • Prov 21:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1The kynges heart is in the hand of the Lord, lyke as are the riuers of water, he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll.

    2Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.

    3To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.

  • Prov 16:12
    73%

    12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

    33The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde.

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7The path of equitie wylt thou graunt vnto the iust O thou most righteous thou shalt order the path of hym that is righteous.

  • Ps 33:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4For the word of God is right: and euery worke of his done in fayth.

    5He loueth righteousnes & iudgement: the earth is ful of the goodnes of God.

  • Ps 145:17
    71%

    17God is righteous in all his wayes: and holy in all his workes.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3Talke no more proudly, let not arrogancie come out of your mouthes: for the Lorde is a God of knowledge, and his purposes come to passe.

  • Isa 40:12
    70%

    12Who hath measured the waters in his fist? who hath measured heauen with his spanne, and hath comprehended all the earth of the worlde in three measures? who hath wayed the mountaynes and hylles in a ballaunce?

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

  • Ezra 8:34
    70%

    34According to the number and weyght of euery one, was the wayght all written vp at the same time.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7He is Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse.

  • Job 6:2
    69%

    2O that my complaynt were truely wayed, and my punishment layde in the balaunces together:

  • Ps 111:3
    69%

    3His worke is glory and maiestie: and his righteousnes endureth for euer.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe.

  • Ps 99:4
    69%

    4Thou hast ordeyned all thynges accordyng to equitie: thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob.

  • 1 Chr 16:14
    69%

    14he is God our Lorde, his iudgementes are in all the earth.

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6Take out siluer and gold out of your purses, and way it, and hyre a goldesmith to make a god of it, that men may kneele downe and worship it:

  • Prov 17:15
    68%

    15The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

  • Deut 16:20
    68%

    20That which is iust and ryght shalt thou folowe, that thou mayst lyue, and enioy the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

  • Zech 5:8
    68%

    8And he said, This is vngodlinesse: So he cast her into the middest of the measure, and threwe the lumpe of lead into the mouth of the measure.

  • Ps 9:16
    68%

    16God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed: the vngodly is trapped in ye worke of his owne handes, this ought to be considered alwayes. Selah.

  • Ps 103:6
    68%

    6God executeth iustice and iudgement: for all them that are oppressed with wrong.

  • Dan 5:27
    68%

    27THECEL, thou art wayed in the balauce, and art founde wanting.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14God vpholdeth all such as fall: and lyfteth vp all those that be bowyng downewarde.

  • Ps 129:4
    68%

    4But God who is iust: hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly.

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28For the kingdome is Gods: and he is the gouernour ouer the nations.