Focused Passage

Proverbs 16:11

The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path

The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

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Verse 11

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Honest מִ֭שְׁפָּט H4941 Noun - masculine singular scales פֶּ֤לֶס׀ H6425 Noun - masculine singular and balances וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י H3976 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine dual construct [are from] the LORD לַֽיהוָ֑ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the weights אַבְנֵי־ H68 Noun - feminine plural construct in the bag כִֽיס׃ H3599 Noun - masculine singular are His concern מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ H4639 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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