Verse 11

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

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.