Proverbs 16:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weightsd of the bag are his work. ”

• Proverbs 16:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See Proverbs 11:1 note. People are not to think that trade lies outside the divine law. God has commanded there also all that belongs to truth and right.

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his (f) work. (f) If they are true and just, they are God's work, and he delights in it, but otherwise if they are false,...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  work . something made: i.e. His ordinance. Leviticus 19:36 . Compare Proverbs 11:1 . The shekel was the shekel "of the sanctuary".

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. All the weights of the bag are his - Alluding, probably, to the standard weights laid up in a bag in the sanctua...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work. A just weight (rather, scale-literally, the upright iron in scales which the weigher holds in his hand, and...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-9. God's control of human life.

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A just weight and balance are the Lord’s. — See above on Proverbs 11:1 .

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr....

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth tran...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A just weight and balance [are] the Lord's ,.... These are of his devising; what he has put into the heart, of men to contrive and make use of, for the benefit of mankind, for the keeping and mainta...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work. Ver. 11. A just weight and balance are the Lord's,] i.e., Are commanded and commended by him. Proverbs 2:1...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A just weight, &c., are the Lord's Are God's work, as it follows; made by his direction and appointment, so that no man can corrupt or alter them, without violating God's rights and authority,...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        11 A just weight and balance are the L ORD 's: all the weights of the bag are his work.       Note, 1. The administration of public justice by the magistrate is an ordinance of God; in...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Are the Lord s; are God's work, as it follows; made by his direction and appointment, so as no man can corrupt or alter them without violating God's rights and authority, and incurring his displeas...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  YHWH Is Concerned About Injustice Whether At The Hands Of The King Or Of Men ( Proverbs 16:8-12 ). In this subsection men are urged to act justly and rightly in their business dealings, and kings...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:10 . A Divine sentence , literally “divination,” i.e., “an oracle ” or “ a decision .” “His mouth transgresseth not.” Stuart and Delitzsch read, “ In judgment his m...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt dispose...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A just weight and balance are the Lord’s. A just balance It is a part of the Lord’s watchful activity and direct connection with all the affairs of human life that He is interested in our busin...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 11. A just weight and balance are the Lord's, literally, "The scale and balances of justice belong to Jehovah," His sovereign will directs their proper use, He wants business to be carried on wi...

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Amos 8:5 ; Deuteronomy 25:13-15 ; Ezekiel 45:10 ; Hosea 12:7 ; Leviticus 19:35 ; Leviticus 19:36 ; Micah 6:11 ; Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Proverbs 20:23

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• Proverbs 16:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The Lord's — Are made by his direction and appointment, so that no man can alter them without violating God's rights and authority.

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