Proverbs 16:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.

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  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit?
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you shall have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  • Prov 20:23
    81%

    23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.

    11 Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure and right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?

    11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

    36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you shall have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 16:10
    77%

    10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

    14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

    15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

    16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

    2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

    3 Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

    11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer.

  • Ps 111:7
    73%

    7 The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his commandments are sure.

  • Job 28:25
    73%

    25 To make a weight for the winds, and he measures the waters by measure.

  • Prov 21:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

    2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

    3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Prov 16:12
    73%

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

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

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

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7 The way of the just is uprightness; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.

  • Ps 33:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 For the word of the LORD is right, and all his works are done in truth.

    5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

  • Ps 145:17
    71%

    17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3 Talk no more so proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • Isa 40:12
    70%

    12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8 Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • Ezra 8:34
    70%

    34 All was counted and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at that time.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.

  • Job 6:2
    69%

    2 Oh, that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

  • Ps 111:3
    69%

    3 His work is honorable and glorious, and his righteousness endures forever.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

  • Ps 99:4
    69%

    4 The king's strength also loves justice; you establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  • 1 Chr 16:14
    69%

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

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.

  • Prov 17:15
    68%

    15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Deut 16:20
    68%

    20 That which is altogether just you shall follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Zech 5:8
    68%

    8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its opening.

  • Ps 9:16
    68%

    16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Ps 103:6
    68%

    6 The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

  • Dan 5:27
    68%

    27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14 The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

  • Ps 129:4
    68%

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

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and He is the governor among the nations.