Proverbs 16:11

Webster's Bible (1833)

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights in the bag are his work.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
  • Prov 20:23 : 23 Yahweh detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing.
  • Ezek 45:10 : 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
  • Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 25:13-15 : 13 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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  • Prov 11:1
    85%

    1 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.

  • Prov 20:23
    81%

    23 Yahweh detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing.

  • Prov 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

    11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a short ephah{An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.} that is accursed?

    11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?

  • Lev 19:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

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

  • Prov 16:10
    77%

    10 Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

    14 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great and a small.

    15 A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

    16 For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

  • Prov 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

    2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Yahweh weighs the motives.

    3 Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.

  • 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, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be after the homer.

  • Ps 111:7
    73%

    7 The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.

  • Job 28:25
    73%

    25 He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

  • Prov 21:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

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

    3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

  • Prov 16:12
    73%

    12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, 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 Yahweh.

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7 The way of the just is uprightness: you that are upright do direct the path of the just.

  • Ps 33:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 For the word of Yahweh is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

    5 He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.

  • Ps 145:17
    71%

    17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, By him actions are weighed.

  • Isa 40:12
    70%

    12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky 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 great revenues with injustice.

  • Ezra 8:34
    70%

    34 the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

  • Job 6:2
    69%

    2 "Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

  • Ps 111:3
    69%

    3 His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, And men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

  • Ps 99:4
    69%

    4 The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

  • 1 Chr 16:14
    69%

    14 He is Yahweh our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6 Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They 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 righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

  • Deut 16:20
    68%

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

  • Zech 5:8
    68%

    8 He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.

  • Ps 9:16
    68%

    16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

  • Ps 103:6
    68%

    6 Yahweh executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed.

  • Dan 5:27
    68%

    27 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14 Yahweh upholds all who fall, And raises up all those who are bowed down.

  • Ps 129:4
    68%

    4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 22:28
    68%

    28 For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.

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