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Proverbs 16

Pr. 16:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ah just
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
weight
pelec (Hebrew #6425)
a balance
KJV usage: scales, weight.
Pronounce: peh'-les
Origin: from 6424
and balance
mo'zen (Hebrew #3976)
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
KJV usage: balances.
Pronounce: mo-zane'
Origin: from 239
are the Lord’s
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: all the γweights
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
of the bag
kiyc (Hebrew #3599)
a cup; also a bag for money or weights
KJV usage: bag, cup, purse.
Pronounce: keece
Origin: a form for 3563
are his work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
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Lv. 19:36• 36Balanzas justas, pesas justas, epha justo, é hin justo tendréis: Yo Jehová vuestro Dios, que os saqué de la tierra de Egipto. (Lv. 19:36)
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stones.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Pr. 11:1• 1El peso falso abominación es á Jehová: Mas la pesa cabal le agrada. (Pr. 11:1)
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Pr. 20:10,23• 10Doble pesa y doble medida, Abominación son á Jehová ambas cosas.
 23Abominación son á Jehová las pesas dobles; Y el peso falso no es bueno. (Pr. 20:10,23)
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Lv. 19:35‑36• 35No hagáis agravio en juicio, en medida de tierra, ni en peso, ni en otra medida.
 36Balanzas justas, pesas justas, epha justo, é hin justo tendréis: Yo Jehová vuestro Dios, que os saqué de la tierra de Egipto. (Lv. 19:35‑36)
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Dt. 25:13‑15• 13No tendrás en tu bolsa pesa grande y pesa chica.
 14No tendrás en tu casa epha grande y epha pequeño.
 15Pesas cumplidas y justas tendrás; epha cabal y justo tendrás: para que tus días sean prolongados sobre la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da. (Dt. 25:13‑15)
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Ez. 45:10• 10Peso de justicia, y epha de justicia, y bato de justicia, tendréis. (Ez. 45:10)
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Os. 12:7• 7Es mercader que tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión. (Os. 12:7)
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Am. 8:5• 5Diciendo: ¿Cuándo pasará el mes, y venderemos el trigo; y la semana, y abriremos los alfolíes del pan, y achicaremos la medida, y engrandeceremos el precio, y falsearemos el peso engañoso; (Am. 8:5)
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Mi. 6:11• 11¿Seré limpio con peso falso, y con bolsa de engañosas pesas? (Mi. 6:11)
weights.
Heb. stones.
• Whatever is right and true among men is from God. All baseness and dishonest trickery are detestable in His eyes. So we have the weights and balances introduced in the midst of this section, relating to kingly dignity. For it is the same integrity that directs the decision of the upright king and the measures of the poorest of his subjects. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; all the weights of the bag are his work.