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Verse Proverbs 16:11. _ALL THE WEIGHTS OF THE BAG_ ARE _HIS_]
Alluding, probably, to the _standard weights_ laid up in a bag in the
_sanctuary_, and to which all weights in common use in the land wer...
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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....
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CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD
The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of
Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the
preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
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PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs
16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the
picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
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WORK. something made: i.e. His ordinance. Leviticus 19:36. Compare
Proverbs 11:1. The shekel was the shekel "of the sanctuary"....
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_weight and balance_ Rather, BALANCE (or, STEELYARD) AND SCALES. See
Proverbs 11:1, note....
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CHAPTER 16
TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11
1.
The plans of the heart belong to man;
But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth t...
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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 IN SCALES
WHICH THE WEIGHER HOLDS IN HIS HAND, AND IN WHI...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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Probably the word, the 'Lord,'is mistakenly inserted: the human king
is meant. The merchant carried his (stone) weights about in a bag.
Explorers have found in Palestine ancient weights of hæmatite,
l...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 16
The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s,
the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil
action...
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Honest attitudes are important to God. We must not cheat people.
Everybody must respect other people’s possessions. Even a king must
not cheat people....
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A JUST WEIGHT AND BALANCE ARE THE LORD’S. — See above on Proverbs
11:1....
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פֶּ֤לֶס ׀ וּ מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽ
יהוָ֑ה...
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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 balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is
H...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth...
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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
dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
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_Bag. Many read sæculi, "of the world." So Ven. Bede, &c. All God's
appointments are perfectly just, chap. xi. 21. It was the custom for
people to carry balances to weigh money, before it was coined....
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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 sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
trans...
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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 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 the benefit of mankind, for the keeping and maintaini...
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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., _ Are
commanded and commended by him. Proverbs 2:1 De...
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_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 them, without violating God's rights and authority, and
i...
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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 proper use, He wants business to be carried on witho...
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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's rights and authority, and incurring his displeasure...
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Proverbs 16:11 Honest H4941 weights H6425 scales H3976 LORDS H3068
weights H68 bag H3599 work H4639
just -...
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YHWH IS CONCERNED ABOUT INJUSTICE WHETHER AT THE HANDS OF THE KING OR
OF MEN (PROVERBS 16:8).
In this subsection men are urged to act justly and rightly in their
business dealings, and kings are urged...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the
upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in
it....
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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 be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
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_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 affairs of human life that He is interested in our
business...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch.
Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of
the heart (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:10. A DIVINE SENTENCE, literally _“divination,” i.e.,
“an oracle_” or “_a decision_.” “HIS MOUTH TRANSGRESSETH
NOT.” Stuart and Delitzsch read, “_In judgment his mouth sh...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 16:1
These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name
Jehovah.
PROVERBS 16:1
The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any
contrast or a...
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin
our study this evening.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1).
Go...
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Amos 8:5; Deuteronomy 25:13; Ezekiel 45:10; Hosea 12:7; Leviticus 1
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The Lord's — Are made by his direction and appointment, so that no
man can alter them without violating God's rights and authority....