Proverbs 16:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath).
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume. 36 You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 13 You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one. 14 You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one. 15 You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you.

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  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

  • Prov 20:23
    81%

    23The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.

    11Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10“I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.

    11I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

    36You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 16:10
    77%

    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.

    14You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one.

    15You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you.

    16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

    2All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

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

  • Ezek 45:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10You must use just balances, a just dry measure(an ephah), and a just liquid measure(a bath).

    11The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure.

  • Ps 111:7
    73%

    7His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable.

  • Job 28:25
    73%

    25When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge,

  • Prov 21:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

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

  • Prov 16:12
    73%

    12Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

  • Job 31:6
    72%

    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

  • Prov 16:33
    72%

    33The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the LORD.

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

  • Ps 33:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4For the LORD’s decrees are just, and everything he does is fair.

    5He promotes equity and justice; the LORD’s faithfulness extends throughout the earth.

  • Ps 145:17
    71%

    17The LORD is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

  • Isa 40:12
    70%

    12The Lord is Incomparable Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

  • Ezra 8:34
    70%

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

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

  • Job 6:2
    69%

    2“Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!

  • Ps 111:3
    69%

    3His work is majestic and glorious, and his faithfulness endures forever.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

  • Ps 99:4
    69%

    4The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

  • 1 Chr 16:14
    69%

    14He is the LORD our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

  • Prov 17:15
    68%

    15The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Deut 16:20
    68%

    20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Zech 5:8
    68%

    8He then said,“This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.

  • Ps 9:16
    68%

    16The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)

  • Ps 103:6
    68%

    6The LORD does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed.

  • Dan 5:27
    68%

    27As for teqel– you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

  • Ps 129:4
    68%

    4The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked.”

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28For the LORD is king and rules over the nations.