Proverbs 16:11

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.

Related Commentaries of 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 h...
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...
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".
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 th...
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 i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. God's control of human life.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Probably the word, the 'Lord,'is mistakenly inserted: the human king is meant. The merchant carried his (stone) weights about in a bag. Explorers hav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A just weight and balance are the Lord’s. — See above on Proverbs 11:1 .
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 balanc...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mer...
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 depend...
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 s...
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...
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.,...
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 th...
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 ju...
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'...
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...
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...
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 b...
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 affair...
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...
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...
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:...
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.

¹¹ A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weightsd of the bag are his work.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 16:11

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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