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CHAPTER XI
_A parallel of the advantages of the righteous and wise, opposed_
_to the miseries of the wicked and the foolish. True and false_
_riches._
NOTES ON CHAP. XI
Verse Proverbs 11:1. A fa...
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This emphatic reproduction of the old rule of Deuteronomy 25:13 is
perhaps a trace of the danger of dishonesty incidental to the growing
commerce of the Israelites. The stress laid upon the same sin i...
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CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED
The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the
wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for
instruction. In the second v...
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PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found
in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group
(Proverbs 11:2;...
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A FALSE BALANCE. False balances.
ABOMINATION. See note on Proverbs 3:32.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
WEIGHT. stone. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6,
for the weight it re...
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_a just weight_ Lit. A FULL, or PERFECT STONE, from the early use of
stones as weights. So Eng. _stone_; Germ, _stein_. It is an enactment
of the Mosaic Law here repeated and enforced: Deuteronomy 25:...
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A FALSE BALANCE, &C.— See Leviticus 19:35. This rule may hold, not
in commerce only, but also in our judgments, and in our whole conduct
towards our neighbour. In every thing respecting him, employ th...
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CHAPTER 11
TEXT Proverbs 11:1-11
1.
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah;
But a just weight is his delight.
2.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame;
But with the lowly is wisdom.
3.
Th...
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A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his
delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all
fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
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A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his
delight....
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11:1 just (p-11) Or 'perfect.' lit. 'whole,' 'full.'...
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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XI.
(1) A FALSE BALANCE IS ABOMINATION TO THE LORD. — A similar proverb
is found in Proverbs 20:23, and praise of just weights, Proverbs
16:11; Proverbs 20:10. The repetition suggests that this form o...
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מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תֹּועֲבַ֣ת
יְהוָ֑ה וְ אֶ֖בֶן...
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CHAPTER 12
GOODNESS
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6
"An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes
right in his way is the abomination of t...
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Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the
condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the
expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
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A false (a) balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight
[is] his delight.
(a) Under this word he condemns all false weights, measures and
deceit....
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_Balance. Both in commerce, (Deuteronomy xxv. 13.; Calmet) and in
passing sentence on others. (Ven. Bede)_...
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A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his
delight.
What a blessed thought is it, that when our poor nature, weighed in
the balance was found wanting; Jesus more than compens...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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A FALSE BALANCE [IS] ABOMINATION TO THE LORD,.... Under which are
included all false weights and measures, and all fraudulent practices
in commerce and dealing; which are forbidden by the Lord, and ar...
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_A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is]
his delight._
Ver. 1. _A false balance is abomination._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 19:36
_"_ _See Trapp on "_ Deu 25:15 _"_ This kind...
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_A false balance_ The use of all false weights and measures in
commerce; _is abomination to the Lord_ Highly abominable to him, both
because this wickedness is practised under a colour of justice, and...
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V. 1. A FALSE BALANCE, literally, "balances of deceit," IS ABOMINATION
TO THE LORD, cheating in business is loathsome to Him; BUT A JUST
WEIGHT, literally, "a stone of fullness," a complete measure, f...
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A FALSE BALANCE:
_ Heb._ balances of deceit
A JUST WEIGHT:
_ Heb._ a perfect stone...
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1-9 When children are under the mother's eye, she has an opportunity
of fashioning their minds aright. Those who are grown up, should often
call to mind the good teaching they received when children....
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PROVERBS CHAPTER 11 A FALSE BALANCE, the use of all false weights and
measures in commerce, IS ABOMINATION, i.e. highly abominable, as the
abstract signifies; which is opposed to the false opinion of...
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Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest H4820 scales H3976 abomination H8441 LORD
H3068 just H8003 weight H68 delight H7522
A false balance is - Heb. Bal
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Proverbs 11:1
Our God is emphatically a God of justice. Wherever there is deceit in
the world, wherever injury, wherever oppression, there is God's anger
and loathing accompanying it.
I. The false ba...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them
we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A
dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be
but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
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_A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._
THE HEINOUSNESS OF INJUSTICE DONE UNDER THE PRETENCE OF EQUITY
The proverbs of this book are often figurative, and of a very strong
and extensive mean...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of
financial and personal security.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 11:1. JUST WEIGHT, literally, “a stone of completeness, a
full stone.” Stone was a very ancient material for weight; not
rusting, it was not changeable.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter.
Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of
wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to
the next. S...
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Amos 8:5; Amos 8:6; Deuteronomy 25:13; Ezekiel 45:10; Hosea 12:7;...
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A false balance — The use of all false weights and measures in
commerce....