Proverbs 16:11

11. A just weight Substantially the same as Proverbs 11:1, but varying in terms. Some are of the opinion that פלס , ( peles,) weight, was something like a modern steelyard, and to be distinguished from מאזני , ( mozene,) the balances. So Stuart: “The steelyard and the balances.” The word may, however, mean the yard or arms of the scales, which ought to be equal or just, as well as the scales or basins themselves. The expression מאזני משׁפשׂ , ( mozene mishpat,) balances of justice, may imply such as are regulated by law, and may refer to the standard weights laid up in the sanctuary to which all others were to be conformed.

Weights of the bag Literally, stones of the bag, referring to the standard weights kept in the bag in the sanctuary, or those carried about by travelling merchants in bags. The sentiment of the text is, that the institution of just weights and measures is an ordinance of God, as is civil government; and that he requires just and exact dealings between man and man. Compare Proverbs 11:1; Leviticus 19:35-36; Deuteronomy 25:13-15; Micah 6:11.