Proverbs 16:11
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.”Proverbs 16:11
What Does Proverbs 16:11 Mean?
Proverbs 16:11 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 16, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 16:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 11:1“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”Philippians 4:8“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”Proverbs 20:10“Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.”Job 31:6“Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.”Proverbs 20:23“Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.”Amos 8:5“Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?”Leviticus 19:35“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.”Deuteronomy 25:13“Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.”Ezekiel 45:10“Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.”Hosea 12:7“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”Micah 6:11“Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?”1 Thessalonians 4:6“That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.”
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