Proverbs 16:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure. 36 You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, 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 & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

  • Prov 20:23
    81%

    23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.

    11A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?

    11Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

    36You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Prov 16:10
    77%

    10A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, 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 & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

    16For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.

    2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

    3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde, and thy thoughts shalbe directed.

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

    11The Ephah and the Bath shalbe equall: a Bath shall conteyne the tenth part 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 trueth and iudgement: all his statutes are true.

  • Job 28:25
    73%

    25To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

  • Prov 21:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.

    2Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

    3To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

  • Prov 16:12
    73%

    12It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shal know mine vprightnes.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

    33The lot is cast into the lappe: but the whole disposition thereof is of the Lord.

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.

  • Ps 33:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4For the word of the Lord is righteous, and all his workes are faithfull.

    5He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord.

  • Ps 145:17
    71%

    17The Lord is righteous in all his wayes, and holy in all his workes.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3Speake no more presumptuously: let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him enterprises are established.

  • Isa 40:12
    70%

    12Who hath measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed ye mountaines in a weight, and the hilles in a balance?

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.

  • Ezra 8:34
    70%

    34By number and by weight of euery one, and all the weight was written at the same time.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

  • Job 6:2
    69%

    2Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.

  • Ps 111:3
    69%

    3His worke is beautifull and glorious, and his righteousnesse endureth for euer.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

  • Ps 99:4
    69%

    4And the Kings power, that loueth iudgement: for thou hast prepared equitie: thou hast executed iudgement and iustice in Iaakob.

  • 1 Chr 16:14
    69%

    14He is the Lorde our God: his iudgements are throughout all the earth.

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6They draw gold out of the bagge & weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.

  • Prov 17:15
    68%

    15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Deut 16:20
    68%

    20That which is iust and right shalt thou follow, that thou maiest liue, & possesse the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Zech 5:8
    68%

    8And he said, This is wickednes, and he cast it into the middes of the Ephah, and hee cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth thereof.

  • Ps 9:16
    68%

    16The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Ps 103:6
    68%

    6The Lord executeth righteousnes & iudgement to all that are oppressed.

  • Dan 5:27
    68%

    27Tekel, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14The Lord vpholdeth all that fall, and lifteth vp all that are ready to fall.

  • Ps 129:4
    68%

    4But the righteous Lorde hath cut the cordes of the wicked.

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.