Proverbs 16:11 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:11

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:11: Note, 1. The administration of public justice by the magistrate is an ordinance of God; in it the scales are held, and ought to be held by a steady and impartial hand; and we ought to submit to it, for the Lord's sake, and to see his authority in that of the magistrate, Rom 13:1; Pe1 2:13. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:11: 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 maintaining truth and justice in commercial affairs; these are of his appointing, commanding, and approving, Lev 19:35; all the weights of the bag are his work; or, "all...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:11: are the Lord's . . . his work--that is, what He has ordered, and hence should be observed by men.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 16:11: A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work. (f) If they are true and just, they are God's work, and he delights in it, but otherwise if they are false, they are the work of the devil, and to their condemnation that use them.