Proverbs 16:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ A just weight and balance are the LORD's: All the weights of the bag are his work.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights of the bag are His work [established on His eternal principles].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his doing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Weights and scales are judgments of the Lord. And all the stones in the bag are his work.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.

Proverbs 16:11 Cross References

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Proverbs 20:10

Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 20:23

Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Ezekiel 45:10

“You shall have honest balances, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

Hosea 12:7

A trader in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances,

Micah 6:11

Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?