Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:1
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
_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:...
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...
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...
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,...
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight....
11:1 just (p-11) Or 'perfect.' lit. 'whole,' 'full.'...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
Our actions, like our words, are important to God. At work, we should not cheat other people. We must be fair. In a shop, a kilo or pound weight should be accurate. If we use false measurements, we li...
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...
מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תֹּועֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְ אֶ֖בֶן...
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...
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...
_Balance. Both in commerce, (Deuteronomy xxv. 13.; Calmet) and in passing sentence on others. (Ven. Bede)_...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
A FALSE BALANCE: _ Heb._ balances of deceit A JUST WEIGHT: _ Heb._ a perfect stone...
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....
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...
Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest H4820 scales H3976 abomination H8441 LORD H3068 just H8003 weight H68 delight H7522 A false balance is - Heb. Bal
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...
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...
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...
_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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of financial and personal security. ⇐ ⇔
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...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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...
Amos 8:5; Amos 8:6; Deuteronomy 25:13; Ezekiel 45:10; Hosea 12:7;...
A false balance — The use of all false weights and measures in commerce....